Legal Opinion
In Re the Will of Putnam
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 15, 1931PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
The will of Ada W. Putnam, dated the 4th day of October, 1928, has been admitted to probate by the Surrogate of New York county, over the objections and contest of Edith I. Smith, a niece of the testatrix. Ada W. Putnam was a widow about seventy years of age whose only living relative was this niece, for whom she had much affection. By the terms of previous wills, executed under such circumstances that undue influence is not suggested, Mrs. Putnam was consistent in mind and purpose to leave Miss Smith the income of her estate for life. This was the provision in all previous wills as well as…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Marx v. . McGlynnNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- In Re the Probate of the Will of KindbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Waterman v. . WhitneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Smith v. . KellerNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
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3Cited by88 opinions
- In re KellyNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- In re EichnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- In re the Estate of WeinstockNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Redford v. BookerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1936
- In Re Brown's EstateOregon Supreme Court · 1940
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