New York Court of Appeals, 1949

In re the Probate of the Will of Reid

New York Court of Appeals · Decided February 24, 1949 · Dye, Fuld, Lewis, LoughraN

84 N.E.2d 801; 298 N.Y. 878; 1949 N.Y. LEXIS 1735 (North Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

In re the Probate of the Will of Kaufmann (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1964)
Carlsson v. Holly (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1962)
In re the Probate of the Will of Walther (N.Y. 1959)
In re the Probate of the Will of Satterlee (N.Y. 1957)

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Opinion of the Court

Order of Appellate Division and decree of Surrogate’s Court reversed, with costs in all courts payable out of the estate, and matter remitted to Surrogate's Court with directions to admit the will to probate. On this record there is no evidence presented requiring the submission of the case to the jury, and the *880 proponent’s motion for a direction of a verdict should have been granted. No opinion.

Concur: LoughraN, Ch. J., Lewis, Dye and Fuld, JJ.

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