In re Lewis' Will
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from surrogate’s court, Monroe county. Application for the probate of the will of Richard D. Lewis, deceased. From a decree denying probate, Emma B. Adamson, the executrix named in the will, and Henry Langslow and Lena Langslow, infants, by their guardian ad litem, James S. Garlock, appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The deceased died on the 16th day of September, 1892, at Rochester, N. Y., leaving personal property within the county and real estate in Kansas City, Mo. He was, at the time of his death, 78 years of age. A will purporting to have been executed by him on the 14th day of August, 1891, was offered for probate to the surrogate’s court of Monroe county by the executrix named therein. Probate thereof was contested by Mary E. Langslow, Henrietta Thompson, and Anna Thompson, granddaughters of the deceased and legatees mentioned in the will, upon the ground of incompetency on the part of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Horn v. . PullmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re IredaleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- In re Lewis' WillNew York Supreme Court · 1894