In re the Probate of the Will of Wharton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCohn, J.
Isabella Wharton died on June 21,1944, at the age of sixty-three. Her husband, Thomas N. Wharton, had died about eleven months before. On November 23, 1943, at the law office of her attorney, Edmund 0. Austin, Mrs. Wharton executed her last will. By its terms she bequeathed $500 to a friend, and the residuary estate she left to Mr. Austin. The testatrix had no children and no blood relative. Her entire estate was worth about $5,000. Mr. Austin, who is the appellant, offered the will for probate. Respondents, the public administrator and a special guardian appointed for unknown heirs, filed…
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