MATTER OF LAKE


4 Misc.2d 799 (1956)

In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of Joseph Lake, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Queens County.

March 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Cohen for petitioner.

George W. Herz for public administrator, Queens County.

Charles H. Ellner, special guardian for unknown heirs and distributees.

Jacob K. Javits, Attorney-General.


ANTHONY P. SAVARESE, S.

In this nonjury contested probate proceeding, the Surrogate finds upon the evidence that the propounded instrument was executed in duplicate, that both counterparts have been produced and filed, and that the requirements of section 21 of the Decedent Estate Law, relative to the execution of a will, were complied with. The evidence further establishes that the testator, at the time of the execution, was of sound mind and competent...

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