Legal Opinion

In re the Will of Buchan

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided February 15, 1896PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Probate of will.

1Opinion of the Court

Fitzgerald, S.

Tbe paper propounded as tbe will of tbe decedent is written on two sides of a balf sheet of note paper. Line for line it is as follows:

To wbom it may concern:

After my funeral expenses & are all paid I request & that Mr. Henry R. Drew shall have charge of my estate and also as I am guardian of my sister’s estate. Who is of unsound mind, who is to administer the same as my best interest will permit, that one year after my death the $4,000. mortgage shall be paid off, and that two years after my death two thousand dollars shall be paid to each of following friends as follows, viz.,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. In Re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of CottrellNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
  2. Lewis v. . LewisNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
  3. In Re Proving the Last Will & Testament of HuntNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  4. In Re Probate of the Last Will of BeckettNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
  5. Jackson ex dem. Bowman v. ChristmanNew York Supreme Court · 1830

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Probate of the Will of IommiNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
  2. In re Probate of the Last Will & Testament of de HaasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
  3. In re the Probate of the Will of ClarkeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957
  4. In re the Probate of the Will of De HaasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896

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