In re the Estate of Kutzner
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
Hetherington, S.
Decedent died on January 2, 1940, survived by two sisters, as Ids sole distributees. Ten days later a safe deposit company delivered to the clerk the instrument now offered by them for probate. To express his testamentary desires, decedent employed a stationer’s “ will ” form, which consists of a single sheet of paper folded in the middle so as to make four pages. The provisions disposing of his entire estate equally to his sisters and designating his brother-in-law as sole “ executive ” without bond were typewritten on the upper half of the first page. At the bottom thereof…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Delafield v. . ParishNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- In re the Probate of a Paper Propounded as the Last Will & Testament of AkersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Burnham v. . ComfortNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- In Re Proving the Will of ParsonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- In re the Application for the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of ParsonsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922
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