Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Smith
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided October 8, 1936PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Slater, S.
The will of this decedent was offered for probate. Objections were filed and later withdrawn upon stipulation of the parties. The contestants argued for revocation. The facts are so unusual that, even after settlement, I am filing this opinion.
The decedent was an old gentleman at the time of his death on November 12, 1935. He was an educated person and, in former years, had been engaged as private secretary to at least one man *195of national prominence in the financial world. He knew stenography as well as typewriting. In his home in Yonkers he had collected many books on various…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Lovell v. . QuitmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Speake & Others v. U. StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1815
- In Re Proving the Will of ParsonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- In re the Application for the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of ParsonsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922
- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of AckermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
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3Cited by7 opinions
- In re the Probate of the Will of AndrewsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
- Lowy v. RobertsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
- In re the Probate of the Will of FoxNew York Surrogate's Court · 1959
- In re the Estate of RobinsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1966
- In re the Probate of the Will of FoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
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