Dunham v. Dunham
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Margaret J. Dunham and others, from a. judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, adjudging that a instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Margaret Dunham, deceased, was not such last will and testament, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York oh the 22d day of March, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said 'clerk’s office on the 29th day of March, 1901, denying…
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Appeal by the defendants, Margaret J. Dunham and others, from a. judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, adjudging that a instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Margaret Dunham, deceased, was not such last will and testament, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York oh the 22d day of March, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said 'clerk’s office on the 29th day of March, 1901, denying said defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on…
1Opinion of the Court
Laüghlin, J.:
The will was executed and attested in due form on the 11th day of August, 1898, and the testatrix died at her home, 1741 Bathgate avenue, borough of Bronx, New York city, on the thirtieth day of the following September. After a contest by all the children except appellants and their brother Lewis, the instrument was duly admitted to probate in the Surrogate’s Oourt of New York county on the 27th day of July, 1899. This action was then brought pursuant to section 2653a of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine its validity by a jury trial in this court. On the trial of the issue…
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