Legal Opinion
In re the Proof & Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Williams
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 15, 1915PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Proceeding upon the probate of a will.
1Opinion of the Court
Bodine, S.
Rebecca Williams, the testatrix, died on the 14th day of May, 1914, aged somewhere between eighty-two •and eighty-five years. Her will was executed on the 20th day of March, 1912, and in. it she named the proponents, two of her daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Wayne and Miss Alicia Williams, as executrices. She was survived by six daughters and left an estate of approximately $26,000. By the terms of her will she gives each of her daughters, naming them, $1,000 and the rest of her property goes to the two executors. At the time of the execution of the will her property consisted: of .several…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Children's Aid Society v. . LoveridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Tyler v. . GardinerNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- In Re Proving the Will of MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- In re the Probate of Papers Propounded as the Last Will & Testament & a Codicil thereto of Van NessNew York Surrogate's Court · 1912
- In re Schmidt's WillNew York Surrogate's Court · 1912
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Probate of a Paper Writing Purporting to be the Last Will & Testament of AlfayaNew York Surrogate's Court · 1924