Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of the Will of Thomson
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 2, 1943PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Millard, S.
This is but another instance of an attempt by a layman to make a testamentary disposition of property without the assistance of an attorney. The decedent died a resident of Westchester County on May 15, 1942, at the age of seventy-four years. There has been offered for probate a holographic writing dated August 19, 1929, and subscribed by two witnesses on August 22, 1929. The writing contains no attestation clause and is somewhat unusual in form in that the amount of each general legacy is written only in numerals which appear in the left margin. From recitals therein it appears…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- City Nat. Bank v. SlocumCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1921
- In Re Proving the Will of McGillNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- In Re the Probate of the Will of TremainNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of RubensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- In re the Estate of EnrightNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of BuckleyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- In the Matter of the Estate of Dorothy D. Buckley, Deceased. Appeal of Ethel Paiewonsky, a and the Roman Catholic Church, Prelature of the Virgin Islands, Inc., a Purported BeneficiaryCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- In re the Accounting of BridgmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1960
- In re the Probate of the Will of SchellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1950