Legal Opinion

In re Fico

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 28, 1991PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a contested probate proceeding, the objectants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County (Bloom, S.), dated March 31, 1989, as, upon granting the petitioner’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, which was made at the close of the evidence at trial, admitted the will of Albina Fico, dated July 28, 1983, to probate.

Ordered that the decree is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs payable by the appellants personally.

On appeal the appellants maintain that the issue of whether the testatrix was aware of the nature and contents…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In Re the Estate of KumstarNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. In re the Estate of AlbarinoNew York Surrogate's Court · 1964
  3. In re ElcoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  4. In re the Estate of SimoneNew York Surrogate's Court · 1967
  5. Kahn v. Arcangel, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re Estate of SommeseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. In re the Estate of VenturaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

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