Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1973

In re the Estate of Donovan

In re the Estate of Donovan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 30, 1973
41 A.D.2d 971; 344 N.Y.S.2d 998; 1973 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4325
In re the Estate of Donovan

Opinion of the Court

In a contested probate proceeding, the contestant appeals from an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Rockland County, entered April 16, 1973, which denied his motion inter alla to change the place of trial of the proceeding from Rockland County to New York County. Order reversed, without costs, and motion granted to the extent that the trial is transferred to the Supreme Court, Orange County, with a preference for immediate trial. In our opinion, the interests of justice require that the place for the trial of the framed issues be transferred out of RocMand County. Hopkins, Acting P. J., Munder, Latham, Christ and Benjamin, JJ., concur. '

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