In re the Estate of Speyer

Wingate, S.

Whereas under sections 22-a and 23 of the Decedent Estate Law a written will is admissible to probate in this State if executed outside the State of New York if it is executed in the manner required by the law in force at the time and place of its execution, and it has been demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the court that the law of Germany which was in force in July, 1937, validated a holographic instrument subscribed by the *420testator without witnesses, section 144 of the Surrogate’s Court Act expressly stipulates that before a will is admitted to probate, “ the…