Legal Opinion
In re Estate of Brumer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 6, 1979PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The proponent of the decedent’s will moved to dismiss the objection to probate filed by Mildred Kinnane, a legatee under the will, but not a distributee of the decedent. The Surrogate denied the motion. We affirm.
The proponent of the will offered for probate, who is also an attorney, its draftman, and the sole named executor, seeks dismissal of an objection to so much of the will as named him the executor. The objectant who was a close friend of the decedent for 25 years but was unrelated by blood, is a legatee under the will. The proponent’s motion to dismiss the…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- In re the Probate of the Will of HaddockNew York Surrogate's Court · 1960
- In re Probate of the Will of ScheuAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
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- In re the Estate of WhartonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1982