In re the Estate of Matteo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— In a contested probate proceeding, the appeal is from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County (Laurino, S.), dated December 19, 1985, which, upon a jury verdict, inter alia, denied admission of the will to probate.
Ordered that the decree is modified, on the law, by deleting the first and fourth decretal paragraphs thereof; as so modified, the decree is affirmed, with costs to the respondent payable by the appellant.
We agree with the proponent’s contentions that the uncontradicted testimony of the subscribing witnesses with regard to the execution of the will sufficed to establish…
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