In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Hawley

Schenck, S.

The decedent, George C. Hawley, died a resident of Albany county, possessed of an estate consisting of real and personal property of the estimated value of upwards of $2,000,000. Two instruments purporting to be a will and a codicil thereto and here offered for probate dispose of the bulk of the estate to decedent’s nurse, his physician, various charitable institutions, friends and employees. His two heirs at law and next of kin are bequeathed $5,000 and $2,500, respectively, but no other beneficial interest in the estate. The instrument contains an in terrorem clause precluding…