Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of the Will of Baum
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 24, 1957PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John D. Bennett, S.
This is an application brought pursuant to section 141 of the Surrogate’s Court Act, to take the testimony of subscribing witnesses and “ to examine and make copies of the hospital records of Meadowbrook Hospital insofar as the same pertain to the decedent The applicant is a legatee named in two prior wills of the decedent. The propounded instrument is a deathbed will, signed with a cross, in which will the applicant is not mentioned.
The propounded instrument was admitted to probate on February 11,1957. However pursuant to an order of this court dated February 8, 1957 which…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In re the Probate of the Will of CarllNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
- Kardonsky v. TozziAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
- In re BriggsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- In re the Estate of FelensteinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- Mackay, Lovell & Co. v. DillonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Estate of LachmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1979
- In re the Estate of EttingerNew York Surrogate's Court · 2005