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Proctor v. Clarke

Supreme Court of the United States
Oct 1, 2012
568 U.S. 906 (2012)

Summary

In Proctor v. Clarke (3 Redf. 445) the surrogate held that a will executed by an unmarried woman, which was revoked by her subsequent marriage, was not revived by a codicil duly executed after her marriage, and it was said that "to re-establish the instrument of August 25th, 1873, as a will, there must be a re-execution or a new execution of it. The same formalities must be complied with as in the first instance."

Summary of this case from Matter of Stickney

Opinion

No. 12–5307.

10-01-2012

Erin Dean PROCTOR, petitioner, v. Harold W. CLARKE, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections.


Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.


Summaries of

Proctor v. Clarke

Supreme Court of the United States
Oct 1, 2012
568 U.S. 906 (2012)

In Proctor v. Clarke (3 Redf. 445) the surrogate held that a will executed by an unmarried woman, which was revoked by her subsequent marriage, was not revived by a codicil duly executed after her marriage, and it was said that "to re-establish the instrument of August 25th, 1873, as a will, there must be a re-execution or a new execution of it. The same formalities must be complied with as in the first instance."

Summary of this case from Matter of Stickney
Case details for

Proctor v. Clarke

Case Details

Full title:Erin Dean PROCTOR, petitioner, v. Harold W. CLARKE, Director, Virginia…

Court:Supreme Court of the United States

Date published: Oct 1, 2012

Citations

568 U.S. 906 (2012)
133 S. Ct. 325
184 L. Ed. 2d 192
81 U.S.L.W. 3168

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