Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Goetz
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 13, 1942PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vandermeulen, S.
Augustus O. Goetz drafted and executed his will on March 12, 1924, apparently without the assistance of an ■attorney. He was quite ill at the time and living with his wife in Atlantic City, N. J., where he had gone to recuperate. His ¡ family consisted of his wife, his unmarried son, Augustus O. Goetz, Jr., aged twenty-seven, who was working and living in the city of New York, and his daughter, Katherine, aged thirty-one who had married in September, 1921, and was living with her husband in the city of New York, but had no issue at the time of the making of the will. Prom the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Moore v. LyonsNew York Supreme Court · 1840
- Vanderzee v. SlingerlandNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Hersee v. . SimpsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Overheiser v. . LackeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Bowditch v. . AyraultNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of StubblefieldNew York Surrogate's Court · 1948
- In re the Accounting of GordonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- In re the Estate of ShoffNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949