In re Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Andrews
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by John R. Knox, executor, etc.,.of Isabella Andrews, deceased, from a decree of the 'Surrogate’s Court of Kings county, entered in- said Surrogate’s Court ■ on the 18th day of May, 1899, denying probate to the will of Isabella Andrews, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
The due execution and publication of the will, save in one respect, was proved beyond cpiestion. The will is written on a blank or printed form, consisting .of a single sheet of paper, folded in the middle so as to constitute four pages. At the top of the first page is found in print the caption -or introduction to a will, as follows:
*395“ In the Name of God, Amen.
“ I, ISABELLA ANDREWS, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings and State of New York, being of sound' and disposing mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of this life, do make, publish and declare this to be my…
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