In re the Estate of Burack
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a contested probate proceeding, the objectants appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Westchester County (Emanuelli, S.), dated April 5, 1991, which, after a jury trial, admitted the decedent’s will to probate.
Ordered that the decree is affirmed, with costs payable by the appellants personally.
Contrary to the appellants’ contention, the trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by admitting into evidence a videotape of the will execution (see, Boyarsky v Zimmerman Corp., 240 App Div 361, 364). The videotape was not offered in an attempt to probate the document as a…
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