Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of a Paper Writing Purporting to be the Last Will & Testament of Albinger
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 15, 1899PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Proceedings upon the probate of a will.
1Opinion of the Court
Silkman, S.
The paper propounded is dated the 18th day of June, 1891. It is. written upon one side of a portion of a *447full-sized letter sheet, the top- evidently having been cut off with a knife or sharp- instrument. With the exception of the alleged signature of the testator and the alleged signatures of the witnesses and their addresses, it is concededly written by Nicholas Lauer, the proponent and only beneficiary.
The disposing part of the will is in three lines and a half in the following words: “ And thereby give and bequeath unto Mr. Nicholas. Lauer of Greece, Monroe county, N. Y., one…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Holmes v. GoldsmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Vinton v. PeckMichigan Supreme Court · 1866
- In Re the Probate of the Will of HopkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Hoag v. . WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Green v. BenhamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900