Legal Opinion

In re the Probate of the Will of McGuigan

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided September 16, 1957PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

George A. Brenner, S.

Following the issuance of letters of administration in the estate of the above-named decedent, there was filed in this office an instrument purporting to be the will of decedent, and which on its face appeared to be a carbon copy of a will bearing the signature of the decedent and the signatures of two subscribing witnesses.

The evidence adduced at the hearing established that the instrument propounded as the will of decedent was executed *866in duplicate; that the ribbon copy and one carbon copy were executed in the manner prescribed by section 21 of the Decedent Estate Law,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re Proving the Last Will & Testament of KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Succession of TalbotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
  2. In re the Estate of LewisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  3. In re the Estate of LewisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. In re the Probate of the Will of HeywardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961

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