MATTER OF GRIFFIN


81 A.D.2d 735 (1981)

In the Matter of The Estate of Florence E. Griffin, Deceased. Robert S. Davis, as Executor of Florence E. Griffin, Deceased, Appellant; Harry Gold, as Guardian ad Litem for Unknown Heirs, Respondent

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

April 30, 1981


At issue in this proceeding is whether the writing offered for probate is a valid, legal and binding will of Florence Enyon Griffin. The facts attending its execution are not disputed. On October 21, 1978, Rita B. Wood and Ethel B. Lockwood were in the Hurley Town Clerk's office, which was located in a room in the Lockwood home. Mrs. Griffin, who lived with Mrs. Lockwood, had been observed writing in the living room of the home. She told Mrs. Lockwood that she was writing...

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