In re the Estate of Griffin

— Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Ulster County, entered June 13, 1980, which denied probate to an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Florence Enyon Griffin. At issue in this proceeding is whether the writing offered for probate is a valid, legal and binding will of Florence Enyon Griffin. The facts attending its execution are not disputed. On October 21, 1978, Rita B. Wood and Ethel B. Lockwood were in the Hurley Town Clerk’s office, which was located in a room in the Lockwood home. Mrs. Griffin, who lived with Mrs. Lockwood, had been observed writing…