Legal Opinion
In re Ainscow
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided December 20, 1940PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Layton, Chief Justice:
This is an appeal from a decision of the Register of Wills for New Castle County confirming, on a-petition for review, the probate of a paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Allen H. Ainscow, deceased.
Probate of the instrument was accomplished on July 6, 1938. Jennie M. Ainscow, the widow of the deceased, on May 25, 1939, filed a petition for a review of the probate alleging that after the will had been duly executed her husband had altered and changed it without the formality of re-execution in the presence of witnesses as required by law. On…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re the Petition for Review of the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of SharpleySuperior Court of Delaware · 1923
- In re WillSuperior Court of Delaware · 1920
- Henry v. FraserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1928
3Cited by4 opinions
- Nardo v. NardoSupreme Court of Delaware · 1965
- Ruth v. RuthCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1956
- In re Ainscow's Purported WillSuperior Court of Delaware · 1942
- Ruth v. RuthCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1956