In re Sheldon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Albert Smith Sheldon and another from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Madison, entered in the office of said surrogate on the 23d day of December, 1912, with notice of an intention to bring up for review the findings made by the surrogate.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
This .is an appeal from a decree of the surrogate of Madison county, entered in his office December 23,1912, adjudging that a will of Grilláis A. Hudson, who died in October, 1912, aged about sixty years, was not entitled to probate.
The sole beneficiary of the will as well as the sole executor thereof was the proponent, Albert Smith Sheldon, with whom the testator had been intimately associated. The respondents were Williean S. Hudson, the son and only heir at law of the testator; De Etta Hudson Clark, as temporary administratrix of the estate of the testator, and Fidelia B.…
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- In Re Proving the Last Will & Testament of KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Collyer v. . CollyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Betts v. Jackson ex dem. BrownCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1830
- Eighmy v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Knapp v. . KnappNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
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- In re the Estate of MooreNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957
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