Legal Opinion
In re the Will of Lang
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided August 15, 1894PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Probate of will.
1Opinion of the Court
Fitzgerald, S.
The subscribing witnesses, Frederick H. Steinbrenner and Charles A. Appleton, testify to the facts essential to a due execution of a will. The paper is in the handwriting of the decedent, and was brought by him to the office of D. Appleton & Company, with which house the witnesses were connected, was presented to them with a statement that it was his will and the request that they sign it. He did not in their presence sign the paper, nor did he in expressed terms acknowledge *128his signature. But its presentation to them with his signature in plain sight, as testified to by them,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Chamberlain v. . ChamberlainNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Clapp v. . FullertonNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Horn v. . PullmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Hope v. . BrewerNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- St. Luke's Home v. . Ass'n for Indigent FemalesNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In re the Estate of ShumwayNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
- In re the Estate of DraskeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re Proving the Will of StockwellNew York Surrogate's Court · 1896
- In re the Estate of SmithNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Probate of the Will of ThomsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1943
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