In re the Probate of the Will of Satterlee

In this twice-tried contest over the will of Eleanor Morgan Satterlee, the contestant is Mable S. Ingalls, sister and only next of kin of the testatrix. She appeals by our leave from an Appellate Division affirmance of a Surrogate’s decree which was entered following a jury trial and which admitted to probate the whole of the will except the residuary clause. The residuary legatee was respondent Rosenblatt who had been decedent’s attorney and advisor during the last few years of her life. The objections filed by Mrs. Ingalls alleged that the whole will was invalid for lack of testamentary…