Legal Opinion
In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Bassett
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 15, 1914PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Proceeding upon the probate of a will.
1Opinion of the Court
Carter, S.
The paper propounded for probate as the last will and testament of James F. Bassett, deceased, is written and subscribed by testator in his own handwriting on an ordinary blank form of will, and has a full attestation clause subscribed by two witnesses, viz., A. H. Linstruth and Jay E. Beed.
The only question to be determined is whether said paper was executed according to law.
It appears from the testimony of the witness Beed that he and the witness Linstruth went to the house where the testator resided, and, the two witnesses and testator being together alone in the same room in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of CottrellNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Baskin v. . BaskinNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Mitchell v. . MitchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Rogers v. . DeckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- In Re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of LaudyNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re SutterlinNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1925
- In re the Probate of the Will of PulvermacherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
- In re the decree of the orphans court for the county of Camden, admitting to probate a certain paper-writing as the last will & testament of SutterlinNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1925
- M. Pachman, Inc. v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.New York Supreme Court · 1935
- In re the Probate of the Will of ParkerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927