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In re the Probate of the Will of Nichols

275 A.D.2d 950 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1949-06-13 English

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In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of Ann E. Nichols, Deceased. George M. Nichols, Appellant; Margaret N. Scott, Respondent.

No opinion. Eolan, P. J., Adel and MacCrate, JJ., concur; Johnston, J., and Sneed, J., dissent and vote to reverse the decree and to admit the instrument to probate as the last will and testament of decedent, with the following memorandum: The determination that the testatrix lacked testamentary capacity is against the weight of the credible evidence. (Matter of Beneway, 272 App. Div. 463 ; Matter of Goeb, 265 App. Div. 865 , affd. 290 N. Y. 894 .) [See 276 App. Div. 784 .]

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