In re the Estate of Schaffer

In a contested probate proceeding, the objectants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County (Pizzuto, S.), dated June 9, 1987, as, upon directing judgment in favor of the proponents during a jury trial, admitted the last will and testament of Sophie Schaffer to probate. The notice of appeal from the oral decision of the Surrogate’s Court (Bloom, S.), issued May 22, 1987, is deemed a premature notice of appeal from the written decree entered thereon.

Ordered that the decree is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

At trial, the…