Legal Opinion
In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Farmer
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 15, 1917PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fowler, S.
On the probate of the will objections were filed and later Avithdrawn. The Avill was proAred and a direction for probate consequently was giATen.
The validity and construction of certain clauses having been requested by some of the parties, the only questions now remaining are those relating to the true construction, interpretation and effect of the will. At the outset a technical objection is urged by the contestant, Mandana Parker Tobin, a sister of testatrix, that no construction can be obtained in this proceeding, because neither the petition for probate nor the citation prayed…
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