In Re Proving the Will of May

On October 27, 1916, the surrogate of the county of New York, where the decedent resided, admitted to probate, as her last will and testament, an instrument which was duly executed and published by the decedent in the year 1896 whereby she bequeathed and devised all her real and personal property to her husband, William D. May, and appointed him her sole executor. Letters testamentary were issued to him under which he acted until his death in 1920. In the record of the proceedings for the probate of this will there are two papers purporting to be waivers of citation executed and acknowledged…