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Matter of Burns

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 1, 1910
136 App. Div. 943 (N.Y. App. Div. 1910)

Opinion

February, 1910.


Decree of Surrogate's Court reversed, upon questions of fact, with costs to appellant to abide event, payable out of the estate, and a trial of the following issues of fact directed to be had, as provided by section 2588 of the Code of Civil Procedure, by and before a jury of the Supreme Court at a Trial Term thereof to be convened at the city of Rochester, in and for the county of Monroe, on the 1st Monday in March, 1910, to wit: 1. Did Sarah J. Burns possess testamentary capacity at the time of the execution of the alleged will bearing date March 28, 1907? 2. Was the execution of said alleged will procured by fraud or undue influence practiced upon her? All concurred, except McLennan, P.J., and Kruse, J., who dissented.


Summaries of

Matter of Burns

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 1, 1910
136 App. Div. 943 (N.Y. App. Div. 1910)
Case details for

Matter of Burns

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Sarah J…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Feb 1, 1910

Citations

136 App. Div. 943 (N.Y. App. Div. 1910)