In re the Estate of Layne

Joseph W. Cribb, S.

This is an application by Constance L. Baugh, a daughter of the deceased, pursuant to subdivision 6 of section 20 of the Surrogate’s Court Act to vacate the decree of December 22, 1964, admitting deceased’s will to probate. Generally, petitioner and her sisters contend that they were not adequately represented nor their interests properly protected when the will was admitted to probate.

Briefly the facts of the case reveal that the deceased’s first wife and mother of the petitioner died in July of 1961. Six daughters of whom the petitioner is one survived. In January of 1963…