In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Coe
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
.Appeal by James W, Coe, Alfred W. Coe, H. C, Stratton, as special guardian, and another, from that part of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Chenango, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 6th day of December, 1897, which reads as follows : “ And being satisfied of the genuineness, of the will and the validity of its execution, and that the testatrix at the time of executing it was in all respects competent to make a will, and-not under any restraint,…
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.Appeal by James W, Coe, Alfred W. Coe, H. C, Stratton, as special guardian, and another, from that part of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Chenango, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 6th day of December, 1897, which reads as follows : “ And being satisfied of the genuineness, of the will and the validity of its execution, and that the testatrix at the time of executing it was in all respects competent to make a will, and-not under any restraint, and the probate of said will having been contested as aforesaid, it is adjudged and decreed that the said instrument…
1Opinion of the Court
Merwin, J.:
The instrument admitted to probate by the decree appealed from bears date and was executed on April 5, 1894. The testatrix died on the 12th of August, 1896, leaving as her only heirs and next of kin, her brother George B. Coe and the appellants James W. Coe and Alfred W. Coe, the infant children of a deceased brother, William M. Coe, who died on September 19, 1893. Her estate consisted of personal property to the amount of about $28,000, By the will' several pecuniary legacies were' given amounting in the aggregate to about $12,000, among which were legacies to the appellants James…
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