Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Hepburn

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 21, 1985PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In a contested probate proceeding, objectant appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County (Laurino, S.), dated February 14, 1984, as, upon directing a verdict in favor of proponent after a jury trial, admitted the will to probate.

Decree affirmed, insofar as appealed from, with costs payable by appellant personally.

On this appeal, the objectant, the testator’s daughter, seeks reversal of the portion of the Surrogate’s decree admitting the will in question to probate on the ground that the case should have been submitted to the jury in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In re the Probate of the Will of WaltherNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
  2. In Re the Probate of the Will of KindbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  3. Calamari v. GraceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  4. In re the Estate of FiumaraNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. In re the Estate of HedgesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of MatteoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  2. In re the Estate of ParravaniAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  3. In re the Estate of SchafferAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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