Legal Opinion

In re the Probate of the Will of Lyman

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided November 15, 1895PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Application for the probate of a will.

1Opinion of the Court

Stephens, S.

Josephine M. Lyman died at the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on the 27th day of December, 1874. She left her surviving her husband, William H. Lyman, now deceased, and her daughter, Josephine, the contestant in this proceeding. In the month preceding her death the decedent executed two wills, both in the handwriting of her *421husband, one bearing date the 14th, and the other the 20th, day of November, 1874.

By the first will she devised (together with her personal property) all her real property, specifically describing three parcels, situated, respectively, in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re the Revocation of the Last Will & Testament of NelsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  2. Bates v. GillettIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Foote v. FooteMichigan Supreme Court · 1886

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Conzet v. HibbenIllinois Supreme Court · 1916

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