Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Francuszkiewicz

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided June 29, 1942Published

1Opinion of the Court

Boylan, S.

This is an application by the New York Casualty Company, a judgment creditor of a distributee, to set aside the probate of the will of decedent on the ground that it was not listed in the petition for probate as a party interested in the proceeding and not cited therein and on the further ground that at the time the instrument was executed the decedent lacked testamentary capacity and was under undue influence.

On the return day of the citation the executor moved to dismiss the proceeding on the ground that the petitioner, a judgment creditor of a distributee, who was substantially…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re the Probate of the Will of DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
  2. In re the Probate of an Instrument Purporting to be a Codicil to the Last Will & Testament of CoryellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
  3. In re Proving the Last Will & Testament & Codicils Thereto of BrowningAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936

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