In re the Probate of the Will of Rosenberg

Lawrence H. Cooke, S.

Decedent’s brother, pursuant to a petition filed herein on October 2, 1958, seeks the probate of an instrument dated May 9, 1952, said petitioner being named in the purported will as one of the executors thereof. The widow and daughter of decedent and one Benjamin Schneider appear specially and object to the jurisdiction of the Surrogate’s Court of Sullivan County.

It appears without question that letters of administration of the goods, chattels and credits which were of decedent were issued to the widow by the Surrogate’s Court of King’s County on March 27, 1958.

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