Legal Opinion
Harte v. Chapman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 31, 1954PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtImrie, J.
Samuel M. Braunstein, a resident of New Jersey, died November 14, 1928, possessed of a large estate. Had he died intestate, his widow and this petitioner, the daughter of a deceased son, would have been his sole heirs. Instead, he left a will making very minor provision for petitioner. The latter, by her mother as guardian, thereupon instituted a contest of the will in an Orphan’s Court in New Jersey. After preliminary hearings the Judge of that court determined that she had a reasonable cause for contest, which determination was confirmed in 1934 by the Court of Errors and Appeals of New J…
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