Matter of Coughlin
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 28, 1916, which affirmed a decree of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court admitting to probate the will of Patrick Daly, deceased, and construing the 4th paragraph thereof.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 28, 1916, which affirmed a decree of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court admitting to probate the will of Patrick Daly, deceased, and construing the 4th paragraph thereof. The surrogate held that the name “Annie McG-rath ” had been inserted therein by error, and that “Annie Farrell” was intended, and that she, therefore, was entitled to one-half of the residuary estate.
1Opinion of the Court
Order affirmed, with costs to respondents payable out of the estate, on opinion of Putnam, J., below.
Concur: Hiscock, Oh. J., Chase, Collin, Hogan, Cardozo and Crane, JJ. Absent: McLaughlin, J.
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