Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Hahnel
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 10, 1976PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Millard L. Midonick, S.
In this proceeding the petitioner requests probate of a will executed in 1955 while the decedent was domiciled in New York County. Petitioner is executor of that will which bequeaths the residuary estate to a New York charity. Decedent journeyed to Bavaria, West Germany in 1965 and executed a holographic will while still there in 1967; that will provides that it revokes all prior wills. She died, still in Germany, having neither home nor presence in New York from after departure in 1965 until her death in 1968. Respondent cross petitioner (decedent’s postdeceased…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Riley v. New York Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Guggenheim v. . WahlNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Martens v. MartensNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- In re the Estate of LambornNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
- In re the Estate of LeonoriNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of JohnsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1988
- Gonzalez v. LebensversicherungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- In re the Estate of HahnelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977