In re Salvador
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by William Nelson Cromwell and others from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York entered in the office of said surrogate on the 26th day of July, 1920, as resettled by an order entered in said surrogate’s office on ¡"the 18tK day of August, 1920, granting the petition of one Henrietta R. Hurlbut, as administratrix of Baroness Althea Salvador, praying for the revivor of a lapsed proceeding alleged to have been commenced in her lifetime by the late…
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Appeal by William Nelson Cromwell and others from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York entered in the office of said surrogate on the 26th day of July, 1920, as resettled by an order entered in said surrogate’s office on ¡"the 18tK day of August, 1920, granting the petition of one Henrietta R. Hurlbut, as administratrix of Baroness Althea Salvador, praying for the revivor of a lapsed proceeding alleged to have been commenced in her lifetime by the late Baroness Salvador to set aside the decree probating decedent’s will.
1Opinion of the Court
Greenbaum, J.:
The last will and testament of the late Mrs. Frank Leslie was duly admitted to probate by decree of the Surrogate’s Court, dated December 7, 1914. The Baroness Salvador was not mentioned in the will. '
Thereafter a proceeding was commenced by the grandchildren of the deceased husband of the late Mrs. Frank Leslie to set aside the probate upon the ground that the decedent, Mrs. Leslie, was the illegitimate daughter of a negress slave and had no legal next of kin and that she did not have mental capacity to make a will; that her property was derived from her husband and, therefore,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re the Estate of LeslieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- In re the Estate of LeslieNew York Surrogate's Court · 1915
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- In re the Estate of SalomonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of MartinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944