Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Cogan
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 15, 1917PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Proceeding upon probate of a will.
1Opinion of the Court
Schulz, S.
The petition in this matter recites that the decedent left him surviving as his heirs at law and next of kin four cousins, three residing in Ireland and one in the city of New York. The propounded document consists of three sheets of paper, two of them similar in size, texture and appearance. The third is smaller in size, differs from the first two in texture and appearance, and contains the clause which the witnesses to the alleged will have signed and which is as follows:
‘1 Fordham Hospital, 4/9/17. To whom it may concern: This is to certify that Mr. John H. Cogan, in sound mind,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Coffin v. . CoffinNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- In Re the Probate of a Paper Propounded as the Last Will & Testament of TurellNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- In re the Probate of a Paper Propounded as the Last Will & Testament of AkersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- In Re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of LaudyNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- In re BeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of CoganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- In re the Probate of the Will of ReddenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945