Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Collins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 21, 1983Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Order reversed, with costs to appellants, motion granted and petition dismissed. All concur, Simons, J., not participating. Memorandum: Bertha Collins died on June 4, 1981 at the age of 77 years. Thereafter, her nephews, respondents Richard and Robert Hoffman, offered for probate a will dated January 31, 1951. Under that will decedent’s estate would pass to her husband but since he had predeceased her, respondents survived as her only distributees. Petitioner Mayne, who had been decedent’s accountant, filed objections to the will and offered another, dated January 17, 1977 which left small…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re the Probate of a Paper Propounded as the Last Will & Testament of TurellNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of BaldwinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1910
  3. In Re the Probate of the Will of BaldwinNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
  4. In re the Estate of GriffinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

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