Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of a Paper Writing Propounded as the Last Will & Testament of Hopkins
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided August 15, 1901PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Proceedings upon tbe probate of a will.
1Opinion of the Court
SmKMAN, S.
— The paper propounded was executed by the alleged testator, with all the formalities required by law, on November 14, 1891. It was filed for probate by Eanny W. Hopkins, his widow, and when so filed the signature at the end of the will was cancelled by fourteen vertical marks made with pen and ink through it.
Mr. Hopkins was a man of wealth, consisting largely of personal property. He left a widow, the petitioner, and one child, a son now about thirteen years old, his only heir-at-law.
Under the paper propounded the widow is the chief beneficiary. The special guardian appointed by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re Proving the Last Will & Testament of KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Collyer v. . CollyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- In re the Estate of BrookmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1895
- Hard v. AshleyNew York Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by5 opinions
- Mathews v. Alabama Great Southern R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- In re the Probate of a Paper Writing Purporting to be the Last Will & Testament of RaisbeckNew York Surrogate's Court · 1906
- In re the Probate of a Paper Writing Purporting to be & Propounded as the Last Will & Testament of HopkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- In re Estate of Godsil, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco1895
- In re the Probate of a Paper Writing Purporting to be & Propounded as the Last Will & Testament of HopkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905