In re Albert Smith Sheldon for the Proof & Probate of an Alleged Last Will & Testament of Hudson
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by Albert Smith Sheldon and another from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Madison, entered in the office of said surrogate on the 23d day of December, 1912, with notice of an intention to bring up for review the findings made by the surrogate.
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the surrogate of Madison county, entered in his office December 28, 1912, adjudging that a will of Gillais A. Hudson, who died in October, 1912, aged about sixty years, was not entitled to probate.
The sole beneficiary of the will as well as the sole executor thereof was the proponent, Albert Smith Sheldon, with whom the testator had been intimately associated. The respondents were Williean S. Hudson, the son and only heir at law- of the testator; De Etta Hudson Clark, as temporary administratrix of the estate of the testator, and Fidelia B. Rutherford, an.…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- In Re Proving the Last Will & Testament of KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Collyer v. . CollyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Betts v. Jackson ex dem. BrownCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1830
- Eighmy v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Knapp v. . KnappNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
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