In re the Probate of the Will of Watson

Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Delaware County, admitting the"will of John Watson, Sr., to probate. On this appeal the issues are whether the proponent of the will, John Watson, Jr., has established that the testator understood the contents and meaning of his purported will and whether the provisions of EPTL 3-2.1 were satisfied as to publication of the will. In July, 1961 the will in question was drawn by an attorney for John Watson, Sr. Since the testator spoke only fluently in Slovak, John, Jr., in fact described to the attorney the provisions allegedly desired by the…