Legal Opinion
Durkee v. Smith
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1915PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Action for partition.
1Opinion of the CourtBorst, J.
The plaintiff brings this action for a partition of the real property left by Henry Crandall, deceased, claiming that the attempted disposition thereof by will is void.
Mr., Crandall died January, 1913, leaving a will dated December 30, 1902, with two codicils dated respectively December 10, 1903, and May 24,1911. The will and codicils were admitted to probate in the Surrogate’s Court of Warren county June, 1913, after a contest in which the plaintiff and the other heirs of Henry Crandall were parties. Mr. Crandall left him surviving his widow, Betsey W. Crandall, who died *95before the trial of…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of FitzgeraldNew York Surrogate's Court · 1972
- In re the Will of StantonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1919
- Durkee v. SmithNew York Surrogate's Court · 1916