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In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of Ambrose B. Burbank, Deceased. Georgianna Duvernois et al., Appellants; Caleb A. Burbank et al., as Executors, Respondents, 1906 — 185 N.Y. 559 · caselaw · US
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In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of Ambrose B. Burbank, Deceased. Georgianna Duvernois et al., Appellants; Caleb A. Burbank et al., as Executors, Respondents
185 N.Y. 559·New York Court of Appeals·1906·NY
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In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of Ambrose B. Burbank, Deceased. Georgianna Duvernois et al., Appellants; Caleb A. Burbank et al., as Executors, Respondents.
Matter of Burbank, 104 App. Div. 812, affirmed.
(Argued April 20, 1906;
decided May 15, 1906.)
- Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 24, 1905, which affirmed a decree of the New York County Surrogate’s Court admitting to probate a paper propounded as the last will and testament of Ambrose B. Burbank, deceased.
Melville J. France and Abram H. Dailey for appellants
Lewis L. Delafield for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., O’Brien, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Hiscock, JJ. Absent: Haight, J.