In re the Estate of Golden
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
Delehanty, S.
In this discovery proceeding a sympathetic jury has rendered a verdict which if approved by the court will give to respondent other people’s money. The jury patently were influenced by sympathy for respondent whose emotional conduct in their presence obviously created sympathy for her among the jurors. Her claim is without any real basis. • Her own letters written after the death of deceased expressly negative the validity of her claim. One of her witnesses who testified to having been present at the making of the gift stated in his own handwriting to the public administrator…
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