In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Dixon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Theodore E. Hancock, Attorney-General of the State of New York, and by the People of the State of New York, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Jefferson county, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 22d day of July, 1898, admitting to probate the last will and testament of Henry Dixon, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.:
Henry Dixon, the testator, a colored man, died on the 25th day of February, 1898, in the city of Watertown, at the age of a little more than eighty years, leaving personal and real estate. In the petition for the probate of the will it is stated by the executor that the personal estate does not exceed in value $1,000 and that the real estate “ does not exceed in value $8,000.” The petition filed by the *482executor stated “ that the heirs and next of kin and legatees, devisees, trustees and executors of the said deceased are as follows, and none other or others, to the best…
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