Legal Opinion
Dannhardt v. Donnelly
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 20, 1985No. 84 Civ. 1394PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GLASSER, District Judge:
This is one of the unusual cases in which the court’s attention is directed to consideration of the probate exception to federal diversity jurisdiction, i.e., to the power of the federal courts to adjudicate disputes involving wills and estates. In this action, plaintiff Florence Campbell Dannhardt seeks to compel the specific performance of a joint will entered into between her brother and sister-in-law, Harry and Edith Campbell, and executed by them on December 21, 1963. Defendant Paul J. Donnelly, Jr., the executor of a subsequent will executed…
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