Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Ruso
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 2, 1995PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCasey, J.
Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Albany County (Marinelli, S.), entered January 31, 1994, which granted respondents’ motion for summary judgment and admitted to probate an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of decedent.
After decedent’s death in 1991, two wills were offered to probate. One will was executed by decedent in 1980 and divides her estate among 17 relatives and a local church organization. The second will was executed in 1981 and devises decedent’s entire estate to petitioner, who contends that the 1980 will was revoked by decedent’s execution of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In re the Estate of CollinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- In Re the Probate of a Paper Propounded as the Last Will & Testament of TurellNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- In Re the Revocation of the Last Will & Testament of NelsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of SizerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- In Re the Probate of Will of SizerNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
3Cited by11 opinions
- In re the Estate of LeachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- In re ClapperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- In re Estate of CastiglioneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- In re the Estate of BuchananAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- In re the Estate of PilonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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