In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Davis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Robert D. Chittenden, as administrator, etc., of Jane Davis, deceased, and another, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Saratoga county, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 9th day of December, 1904, admitting to probate a certain paper propounded as the last will and testament of Jane Davis, deceased, bearing date the 19th day of March, 1885.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
Jane Davis died leaving a last will and testament in which her sister Delia C. Davis was named as sole devisee and legatee and executrix. Aside from the provisions for such sister and the nominating of her as sole executrix, the will contained no other provision except a revocation of all former wills. One of the next of kin of the deceased testatrix duly filed a petition for its prohate.
Shortly before her death Jane Davis became possessed, through the decease of a brother in California, of a large amount of real and personal property situated within that State. The appellant…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Lovell v. . QuitmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
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