Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1941

In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Finnegan

In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Finnegan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 15, 1941
263 A.D. 840; 32 N.Y.S.2d 118; 1941 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5208
In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Finnegan

Opinion of the Court

Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Queens County admitting a will and codicil to probate upon a directed verdict. Decree, in so far as appealed from, affirmed, with costs to respondent Balser payable out of the estate. No opinion. Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Adel, JJ., concur; Lazansky. P. J.. dissents and votes to reverse and to deny probate to the will and codicil, with the following memorandum: The proof shows that the will and codicil were not published to McLellan, whose name is appended as a witness thereto.

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