In Re Proving the Will of Cogan

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 11, 1918, which reversed a decree of the Bronx ' County Surrogate’s Court admitting to probate a paper propounded as the last will and testament of John H. Cogan, deceased. The alleged will consisted of three sheets of paper, two in the handwriting of the testator, dated November 1, 1915, and signed by him, but without witnesses, and the third as follows: “4/9/17 “ To whom it.may concern, “ This is to certify that Mr. John H. Cogan, in sound mind, identified his cousin Mary…