In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Sinnott
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Separate appeals by the proponent, John J. Sinnott, and the contestant, Edward H. Sinnott, from parts of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on or about the 22d day of November, 1913.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, P. J.:
The testatrix died on the 10th of February, 1913, about seventy-two years of age, leaving two sons, John J. and Edward H., her only next of kin and heirs at law, and leaving a last will and testament executed September 6, 1905, which has been duly admitted to probate. In the proceedings to admit the will to probate the surrogate was asked to construe the will and to *818determine to whom the testatrix’s property passed, and it is from a decree construing the will that both of the sons appeal.
By the will the testatrix, after a few small legacies, gave to her executors the real…
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- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of SinnottNew York Surrogate's Court · 1913
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