Legal Opinion
In re the Contested Probate of the Will of Cruger
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 15, 1901PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Proceedings upon tbe probate of a will.
1Opinion of the Court
ThoMAs, S.
— Tbe paper propounded for probate as a will of personal property is in holographic form and without witnesses. It is dated at Eontainebleau, Erance, on May 29, 1896, and is in the Erench language, and purports to constitute the *384proponent the “ universal legatee ” of the decedent and to leave to her his entire estate. The decedent died at Fontainebleau on April 4, 1898, being then about forty-two years of age. The proponent had lived with him as a wife for about six years before his death, but was never married to him, and during the whole of that time he had a wife. The contestant…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Trist v. ChildSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Dupuy v. . WurtzNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the Accounting of Bankers Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1953
- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of GahnNew York Surrogate's Court · 1920
- In re Proving the Nuncupative Last Will & Testament of SteinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922
- In re SeymourNew York Surrogate's Court · 1919
- State v. Executors of BaskinCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1846