Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of the Will of Pascal
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1955PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFroessel, J.
Petitioner, Marianne Speelman, offered for probate in the Surrogates’ Court, New York County, as the last will of decedent, Gabriel Pascal, a handwritten document which reads as follows:
“To Zaya Kingman-Speelman
470 Park Avenue N. Y.
This is my will if I should die on this my trip to india You are my sol heiress.
Signed the 22 february 1954
Witnesses
[signatures] [signature] Gabriel Pascal
Daisy Haang in New-York City
Y. T. KAN
[oriental calligraphy] ”
The petition for probate alleged that Gabriel Pascal died on July 6, 1954, less than four and one-half months after the date of said alleged will,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- In Re the Probate of the Will of SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Lederer v. Wise Shoe Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- People Ex Rel. Lewis v. . FowlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- In Re the Probate of the Will of HigginsNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
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3Cited by31 opinions
- In re SnideNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Matter of PollockNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- In re the Estate of HeaneyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1973
- In re the Estate of HollenbeckNew York Surrogate's Court · 1969
- In re the Estate of O'BrienAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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