Legal Opinion
In re the Estate Sidenberg
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 15, 1921PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Proceeding upon the probate of a will.
1Opinion of the Court
Cohalan, S.
This case illustrates sharply the dangers of will making by laymen. A will drawn under proper legal supervision having been admitted to probate three holographic scripts are offered for probate as codicils thereto. Proof as to two of them fails utterly to satisfy the requisites of law. Probate of the papers dated February 7, 1915, and September 20, 1915, is therefore denied.
The third paper is a one-sheet letterhead. On the front thereof appears the following in the handwriting of the testator: First, the words “Add to my will as beneficiaries, Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars each”…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of FieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- In Re Proving the Last Will & Testament of ConwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of GibsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- In re Proving the Last Will and Testament of WoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of McConiheNew York Surrogate's Court · 1924
- In re the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of BarryNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922
- In re the Estate of OltmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1942