MATTER OF PEABODY


279 A.D. 826 (1952)

In the Matter of the Probate of The Will of Elsa M. L. Peabody, Deceased. Louis K. Green et al., Appellants; Frances Gray, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

January 9, 1952.


The sole question raised is whether the two instruments admitted to probate were executed by decedent in the manner required by law. The uncontroverted evidence is: On August 30, 1950, decedent called at her attorney's office and read a document he had previously prepared pursuant to her directions as and for her last will and testament. After reading it she made known her desire for a slight change, viz., to substitute another as trustee of a fund for the care of her family...

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