In re Hopkins' Will
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal frcm Surrogate’s Court, Westchester County. Proceedings by Fanny W. Plopldns for the probate of the will of Robert E. Hopkins, deceased. From an order of the surrogate’s court denying a motion to vacate an order entered on a remittitur from the Court of Appeals and orders appointing temporary administrators (83 N. Y. Supp. 890), proponent appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
In August, 1901, an instrument propounded as the last will and testament of Robert E. Hopkins, deceased, was admitted.to probate by a decree of the surrogate’s court of Westchester county. In June, 1902, the decree was affirmed by this Appellate Division. Matter of Hopkins’ Will, 73 App. Div. 559, 77 N. Y. Supp. 178. In November of the same year the order of the Appellate Division and the decree of the surrogate’s court were reversed by the Court of Appeals, and the proceedings were remitted to Westchester county for a trial before a jury in the Supreme Court, to determine whether the will in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of HopkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Thomson v. . TracyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of HopkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Parish v. ParishAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Parish v. ParishAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re Hopkins' WillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904