Legal Opinion

In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Jarvis

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided March 16, 1925Published

1Opinion of the Court

Hart, S.:

The testator, Eugene R. Jarvis, a member of the Buffalo fire department, procured a blank will, wrote in the spaces prefacing the instrument reciting its testamentary character, followed by two. *564paragraphs in his own handwriting containing legacies, and a third containing a residuary and forfeiture clause as to prospective contestants. He then signed [his name on the 1st page of the instrument. The 2d page of the printed blank, providing for the appointment of an executor, is also written in by the testator. The attestation clause follows and the signature of the testator appears…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re the Probate of the Will of FieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  2. In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of KeeffeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
  3. In re the Will of DeHartNew York Surrogate's Court · 1910
  4. In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Van TuylNew York Surrogate's Court · 1917

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