Legal Opinion
In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Erlanger
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 5, 1930PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The contestant, claiming to be the widow of Abraham L. Erlanger, filed objections to the probate of the writing propounded at his last will and testament. Thereupon the proponents sought to strike out her objections upon the ground that she was never the wife, and hence could not be the widow of the decedent, and was not a person interested in the estate and entitled to object to the probate of the will.
In due course that motion came on for hearing before the surrogate, who deemed it inexpedient to decide the question raised, namely, the alleged widowhood of the contestant, upon the…
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