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In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Atkins

240 A.D. 781 Court N.Y. App. Div. English

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In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Irving Atkins, Deceased. Grace Churchill and Bessie Coleman, Appellants; Howard B. Lord, as Administrator with the Will Annexed of Irving Atkins, Deceased, Respondent.

Decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Orange county affirmed, with costs, payable out of the estate, to all parties filing briefs. Kapper, Hagarty, Carswell and Tompkins, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P. J., dissents and votes for reversal and a new trial on the ground that it was error to exclude the testimony of Mrs. Bedford with reference to the signature of the decedent.