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Matter of Manton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 1, 1899
40 App. Div. 619 (N.Y. App. Div. 1899)

Opinion

May Term, 1899.


We are of opinion that, through inadvertence, our decision, made on the appeal from the decree of the surrogate, failed to express our intention, which was to submit all the issues raised by the contestants to a jury for determination, including that of the testator's mental capacity. The terms of the order led the trial judge to exclude evidence on that subject when offered on behalf of the contestants, and thus deprived them of having that issue passed upon. For this reason we think the verdict must be set aside and a new trial granted, and also an order should be entered resetting the original order made by this court. Decree of the surrogate reversed and new trial granted, costs to abide the event. All concurred.


Summaries of

Matter of Manton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 1, 1899
40 App. Div. 619 (N.Y. App. Div. 1899)
Case details for

Matter of Manton

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Probate of the Paper Propounded as the Last Will and…

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

Date published: May 1, 1899

Citations

40 App. Div. 619 (N.Y. App. Div. 1899)