Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Cottone

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 28, 1975PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a probate proceeding, petitioner appeals from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Suffolk County, entered August 5, 1974, which, after a jury trial, denied probate to a purported will on the grounds that the testatrix lacked testamentary capacity and that, at the time of the execution of the purported will, she was under the constraint of undue influence. Decree reversed, on the law and the facts, with costs to petitioner *941payable out of the estate and proceeding remanded to the Surrogate’s Court, on the law, with directions to admit the propounded instrument to probate and for further…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re the Probate of the Will of WaltherNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
  2. Marx v. . McGlynnNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
  3. In re the Estate of HollenbeckNew York Surrogate's Court · 1969

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re ElcoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  2. In re the Estate of CottoneNew York Court of Appeals · 1976

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