In re the Probate of the Will of Chrisman

Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Schuyler County, entered March 30, 1973, by which jurisdiction was declined in a proceeding to probate an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of George F. Chrisman, Sr., deceased. Mr. Chrisman had resided with his wife in their home at Watkins Glen, New York, for many years prior to July of 1967 when they sold their house and rented an apartment in Cortland, New York. In the fall of 1968 they moved again, this time to Flordia where they were to reside for the rest of their respective lives, living nine months of each year in…