The Matter of the Estate of Edmund Felix Hennel , , Also Known as Edmund Hennel

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. 78 In the Matter of the Estate of Edmund Felix Hennel, Also Known as Edmund Hennel, Deceased. Gregory Hennel et al., Respondents; Hazel Hennel, as Executor of the Estate of Edmund Felix Hennel, Deceased, Appellant. Peter V. Coffey, for appellant. Robert L. Adams, for respondents. FAHEY, J.: Petitioners seek to enforce an oral promise that would otherwise be void under the statute of frauds. They rely on the theories of promissory…