Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Dupin
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided September 26, 1962PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John D. Bennett, S.
In this contested probate proceeding the court upon motion has decided to determine preliminarily the question of whether one of the witnesses signed “ at the end ’ ’ of the propounded instrument in accordance with subdivision 4 of section 21 of the Decedent Estate Law.
The instrument offered for probate is a stationer’s law blank will form, with spaces provided for dispositive provisions which, for the most part, are filled with typewritten matter. The propounded instrument consists of two pages with three typewritten paragraphs appearing in the body of the first page. At…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of FieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- In re Blair's WillNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- In re the Probate of the Will of WintersNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- In re the Estate of GoldenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of HaberNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of BochnerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1983
- In re the Estate of KobrinskyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1966
- In re the Estate of MacMonniesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1968
- In re the Estate of ZuracinoNew York Surrogate's Court · 1990