Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of a Paper Writing Purporting to be the Last Will & Testament of Alfaya
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 15, 1924PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Proceedings to probate a will.
1Opinion of the Court
Slater, S.
This is a contest of an alleged will of the testatrix had before the court without the aid of a jury upon framed issues relating to the execution of the will, mental capacity of the decedent, fraud and undue influence.
The proponent is one Mary Alice Lansley, who offered for probate the alleged will dated October 2, 1923. The contestants are a sister and a niece. The real question is whether the will is the will of the testatrix, or the will of Mary Alice Lansley, the sole beneficiary. Is it the valid testamentary wish of the decedent, or the result of a wrongful endeavor?
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2Cases cited29 opinions
- Delafield v. . ParishNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- In Re the Probate of the Will of SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Rollwagen v. . RollwagenNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Tyler v. . GardinerNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- In re RuefAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of HearnNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of LasherNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re the Probate of a Paper Writing Purporting to Be the Last Will & Testament of OliverNew York Surrogate's Court · 1926