In re Iredale
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by A. Raymond Gibbs, the executor named in the last will and testament of Mary Iredale, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Delaware, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 6th day of July, 1896, denying the probate of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Mary Iredale, deceased, on the ground that when it was executed the decedent was not of sound mind and was not competent to execute it.
1Opinion of the Court
Edwards, J. :
Mary Iredale died at West Davenport, in Delaware county, February 12, 1892, aged seventy-seven years, leaving an instrument purporting to be her will, dated November 13, 1891. She was a widow and her nearest relatives were nephews and nieces. Shortly after her death the proposed will was offered for probate, and objections thereto were filed by J. George Lockwood and George B. McC. Roberts, nephews of the decedent and two of the legatees named in the will. The grounds of their objections were that the *46instrument was not subscribed, published and attested in conformity with the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Horn v. . PullmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- In Re the Probate of the Will of WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of DrakeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- In re Lewis' WillNew York Supreme Court · 1894
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