MATTER OF SYLVESTRI


44 N.Y.2d 260 (1978)

In the Matter of The Estate of Palma Sylvestri, Deceased. Louise Patti, Appellant; Rocco J. Sylvestri et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Lawrence Brennglass for appellant.

Arthur Karger and Joseph W. Genzardi for respondents.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


JONES, J.

We hold that it was not error to affirm a Surrogate's Court jury's rejection of a will for lack of due execution based on testimony by a handwriting expert that the signature of the testatrix was not genuine in contradiction of the testimony of three disinterested, credible, attesting witnesses.

In the contest which followed the offer for probate of the alleged will of Palma Sylvestri the single...

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