In re Bryant's Estate
New York Surrogate's Court
In the matter of the probate of a paper purporting tó be the will of Mary S. M. Bryant.
1Opinion of the Court
FOWLER, S.
The only question here is the sufficiency of the execution of the paper propounded. The statute of wills requires proof of testator’s subscription in the presence of each of two attesting witnesses or of testator’s acknowledgment of such subscription to each of such- witnesses, and also of testator’s declaration that the instrument so subscribed is his last will and testament. The only point of law in this contested proceeding concerns the sufficiency of the' proof of the declaration by testatrix. I may observe that no lawyer was present at the execution, and there is. no…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rutherford v. RutherfordCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of MooreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Kingsley v. BlanchardNew York Supreme Court · 1860
- In re the Will of DeHartNew York Surrogate's Court · 1910
- In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of DelpratNew York Surrogate's Court · 1899
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Harley v. WilliamsMontana Supreme Court · 1915