MATTER OF McCARTHY


281 A.D. 773 (1953)

In the Matter of the Probate of The Will of Helen M. McCarthy, Deceased. Basil Finnegan et al., Appellants; Bertram P. Kavanagh et al., Respondents

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

January 5, 1953.


The appellants are second cousins of the decedent; the objections to the will tendered by them were rejected on the ground that they were not distributees of the decedent and that they had no standing to file objections to the will. The only contention raised by the appellants is that the evidence was insufficient to support the finding of the Surrogate that the respondent McCarthy was the first cousin of the decedent. We find that...

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