In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Cogan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Ellen Cogan Meanor and others, contestants, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Bronx, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 23d day of January, 1918, admitting to probate a paper purporting to be the last will and testament of John H. Cogan, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The alleged will is in the handwriting of the decedent and is written on two detached sheets of paper and bears date November 1, 1915. It is in the form of a certificate “ To Whom it May Concern,” and the decedent therein certified that he gave and bequeathed to his cousin Mary Cullen all his money in certain specified banks, all his jewelry and all household goods that she may wish to keep, the rest to go to the Salvation Army; and then that she was to pay from the gifts and bequests to her all his funeral “ And Other Expenses,” and to see that he was buried as therein directed,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gilbert v. . KnoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Mitchell v. . MitchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of KeeffeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Kingsley v. BlanchardNew York Supreme Court · 1860
- In Re Proving the Will of KeefeNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
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