Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Miller
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided May 15, 1910PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Proceeding upon the probate of a will.
1Opinion of the Court
Ketcham, S.
The issue is whether or not the testator died, on or about the 30th day of April, 1908.
At that time he owned a houseboat, kept at Roekaway Park, in Jamaica bay, moored off the pier of a boatman who- was engaged in hiring and keeping boats.
The testator for a few weeks prior to the day mentioned wás in the habit “ pretty nearly every day ” of going front Brooklyn to Roekaway Park ¡and sleeping aboard his boat.
On the morning of the thirtieth of April he was working on his boat -and then, according to his wont, left aboard of her a dog, of which he was fond.
A scow belonging to the…
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