General
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
240 A.D. 781·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1933·NY
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Opinion
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.
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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.