In re the Probate of the Will of Davis
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
S. Samuel Di Falco, S.
This is a proceeding for denial of probate and for the issuance of letters of administration. Deceased executed as her will a paper dated June 22, 1954 in which, after making a number of gifts of personalty, she left her residuary estate to her brother, Felix Stossinger, conditioned upon his surviving the testatrix. After her death the writing, consisting of three pages of typewritten text enclosed in a legal back, was found in her safe-deposit box. On the cover appeared the words “ not valid ” followed by the initials M.S.D. in the handwriting of the testatrix as was…
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