Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of the Will of Betts
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided October 4, 1951PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rubenstein, S.
The petitioner has offered for probate as the will of decedent a carbon imprint of a typed instrument, dated June 8, 1938. The testimony of the two surviving subscribing witnesses to the instrument establishes due execution thereof in conformity with the provisions of section 21 of the Decedent Estate Law, and that at the time decedent was of sound mind and under no restraint.
The attorney draftsman of the instrument, an attesting witness, testified that three counterparts were prepared and that the ribbon copy and the carbon imprint filed for probate were subscribed by decedent…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re Proving the Last Will & Testament of KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Collyer v. . CollyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Crossman v. . CrossmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- In re the Estate of AndriolaNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
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