In re the Probate of a Paper Purporting to Be the Last Will & Testament of Lord
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Eugenie Ferrer Lord from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Westchester, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 22d day of August, 1916, dismissing her petition and decreeing that she is not such a party in interest as to enable her to file objections to the probate of the will herein.
1Per curiam
There is evidence that the petitioner and the decedent Lord were married at the City Hall in the city of San Francisco in 1888, and that the marriage was solemnized by a person who appeared to he an official. All records of marriages were destroyed at the time of the fire, and it is impossible to produce documentary evidence of the marriage or judge or justice who may have officiated. A person testified that she attended, witnessed the ceremony, signed the certificate as a witness, as did another person, whom she saw there for the first time, and that Mr. Lord took possession of the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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