Legal Opinion

In re the Probate of the Will of Read

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided May 15, 1896PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Probate of will.

1Opinion of the Court

Marcus, S.

There is no contest to the probate of the instrument dated March 9, 1894, but the controversy is between strangers in blood to the testator and grows out of the instrument bearing date January 3, 1896, which purports to be a codicil .to the will mentioned, and which is contested by Clayton L. Hill and Rowena F. Hill on the following grounds, briefly stated: Eirst, that the instrument offered is not the testator’s last will, nor does the same form any part of the last will and testament of the deceased, and that the alleged execution is not the free, voluntary or unconstrained act of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re the Probate of the Will of SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
  2. Cudney v. . CudneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  3. Seguine v. SeguineNew York Court of Appeals · 1867

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re the Probate of the Will of AndersonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1956
  2. In re the Probate of an Instrument Alleged to be the Last Will & Testament of MungerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1902

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