MATTER OF MONETTE


282 A.D. 987 (1953)

In the Matter of the Probate of The Will of Harriet Monette, Deceased. Leeward Monette et al., Appellants; Charles M. Morhous, as Temporary Administrator of The Estate of Harriet Monette, Deceased, et al., Respondents

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

November 12, 1953.


An attorney and his secretary testified to the preparation by him of a will for Mrs. Monette and to its due execution and acknowledgment before them as witnesses on October 31, 1946. They identified the offered paper as being the one so prepared and executed, except that her signature had been removed by cutting. She took the will with her when she left the attorney's office that day. As then drawn, after making provision for various specific bequests, the will devised and...

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