In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Irving
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Harry F. O’Neill, as special guardian of Delia Ogg, incompetent, the contestant, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 24th day of May, 1912, admitting to probate a paper propounded as the last will and testament of Mary Irving, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J,:
Mary Irving, employed as a chambermaid at the Woman’s Hospital, in New York city, died after a brief illness on February 10, 1912, leaving a last will and testament whereof her friend Mary Galvin was executrix, and by which after the payment of her debts and funeral expenses the residue of her estate was left to said Mary Galvin “in appreciation of all her *729kindnesses to me during my life.” The will was witnessed by Adelaide Galvin (daughter of the legatee) and J. E. Brown, and as decedent signed by her mark, it was witnessed by the notary who had drawn the will, W. J. Dargeon.…
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