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In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Abigail Journeay, Deceased. Mary L. Engelbrecht, Appellant; Edward Sprague, as Executor, et al., Respondents, 1900 — 162 N.Y. 611 · caselaw · US
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In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Abigail Journeay, Deceased. Mary L. Engelbrecht, Appellant; Edward Sprague, as Executor, et al., Respondents
162 N.Y. 611·New York Court of Appeals·1900·NY
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., O’Brien, Bartlett, Haight, Martin, Vann and Landon, JJ.
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Opinion
In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Abigail Journeay, Deceased. Mary L. Engelbrecht, Appellant; Edward Sprague, as Executor, et al., Respondents.
Matter of Journeay, 15 App. Div. 567, affirmed.
(Argued February 26, 1900;
decided March 13, 1900.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made April 6, 1897, affirming a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Richmond county admitting to probate the last will and testament and the.codicils thereto of Abigail Journeay, deceased.
Calvin D. Van Name and Mortimer S. Brown for appellant.
George J. Greenfield for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., O’Brien, Bartlett, Haight, Martin, Vann and Landon, JJ.