Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Grant
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided August 1, 1972PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Nathan R. Sobel, S.
Only an issue of law- — ■“ Has the propounded 1958 instrument been revoked? ” — is at issue in this proceeding.
Testator died in 1971, a resident of this county. He left a modest estate consisting of personal property in New York and real property in Barbados, West Indies.
In 1958 he executed a will in New York. In that will he devised his real property in Barbados to two sisters residing there. His entire residuary consisting of personal property he bequeathed to his brother residing in New York.
In 1968 while on a visit to Barbados he there executed a will. This is what he…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Blackford v. AndersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1939
- Allen v. BeemerIllinois Supreme Court · 1939
- In re the Estate of WuppermannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re the Construction of the Will of MillerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
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