In re the Probate of the Will of Valente

John D. Bennett, S.

The propounded instrument is a holographic will executed in Rhode Island and witnessed by two persons, each of whose depositions have been submitted by the proponent. Section 23 of the New York Decedent Estate Law provides as follows: “A will of real or personal property, executed as prescribed by the laws of the state, or a will of real or personal property executed without the state in the mode prescribed by the law, either of the place where executed or of the testator’s domicile, provided such will is in writing and subscribed by the testator, may be admitted to probate…