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In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of McDermott

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided May 15, 1915PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Proceeding for the probate of a will.

1Opinion of the Court

Schultz, S.

— The instrument offered for probate as the last will and testament of the decedent bears date January 6, 1914. On the twenty-fourth day of January he was removed from his place of residence to a private hospital and sanatorium where he died on February 6, 1914. He had been suffering with cancer of the reteum, characterized by the medical witness as a progressive disease. He left him surviving as heirs at law and next of kin and a half-brother, half-sisters, nephews, nieces, grandnieces and a grandnephew, in all forty-one in number. Some of these heirs at law and next of kin have…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. In Re the Probate of the Will of KindbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  2. Cudney v. . CudneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  3. Post v. . MasonNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  4. Wadsworth v. . Sharpsteen and MoffatNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
  5. In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of CoeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Watts v. Farmer and JensenWyoming Supreme Court · 1947

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