Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Lampson
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 15, 1897PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Proceedings on probate of will.
1Opinion of the Court
North, S.
William Lampson, the testator, died February 14, 1897. On the 21st day of December, 1896, less than two months before his death, he executed the will which is the subject of the present controversy. Decedent was a bachelor about fifty-six years old. His nearest relative is an aged aunt residing at St. Paul, Minnesota, and who would be entitled in case of intestacy, or in the event that any bequests should be held invalid, to the entire unwilled personal estate. Iiis heirs-at-law consist of this aunt and more than fifty descendants of deceased uncles and aunts, both on the side of the…
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- In re the Estate of FoleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1899
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