Legal Opinion
In Re the Probate of the Will of Staiger
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 16, 1926PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcLaughlin, J.
On the 12th of May, 1923, Wilhelmina Staiger made her last will and testament, in which Frank V. Baldwin was named as executor. The will was drawn by Judge Lorenz Zeller, and he and his wife were the attesting witnesses. Mrs. Staiger died on the 6th of November, 1923. At and for some time prior to her death she owned a house located at 11 East One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street, New York city, which was occupied by herself and her daughter, Julia Stretz, and family. Mrs. Stretz was her only next of kin and heir at law.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Throckmorton v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- In Re Proving the Last Will & Testament of KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Collyer v. . CollyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- In Re the Probate of the Will of CunnionNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Knapp v. . KnappNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
3Cited by47 opinions
- In re Probate of the Will of FoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- In Re Proving the Will of StaigerNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- In re the Estate of MacDonaldNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- In re OrrellNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- Matter of the Estate of Robyn R. LewisNew York Court of Appeals · 2015
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