Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Behncke
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 19, 1939PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The history of this litigation and the extended efforts of the contestants to avoid the unanimous verdict, entered on October 27, 1938, establishing the validity of the will, have been fully reviewed in a former opinion of this court, which decided adversely to the contestants a motion to set aside the verdict by reason of the asserted prejudice of one of the trial jurors. (See Matter of Behncke, 172 Misc. 532.)
Following this decision, an order was duly made and entered on the 2d day of November, 1939, denying the motion to set aside the verdict. A decree was simultaneously entered…
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- Petty v. EmeryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Carter v. . HodgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
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