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DANNHARDT v. DONNELLY

No. 84 Civ. 1394.

604 F.Supp. 796 (1985)

Florence Campbell DANNHARDT, Plaintiff, v. Paul J. DONNELLY, Jr., Executor of the Estate of Edith M. Campbell, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

March 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay D. Lukowski, Robinson, Perlman & Kirschner, P.C., New York City, for plaintiff.

Thomas G. Sherwood, Albanese, Albanese & Fiore, Garden City, N.Y., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GLASSER, District Judge:

This is one of the unusual cases in which the court's attention is directed to consideration of the probate exception to federal diversity jurisdiction, i.e., to the power of the federal courts to adjudicate disputes involving wills and estates. In this action, plaintiff Florence Campbell Dannhardt seeks to compel the specific performance of a joint will entered into between her brother and sister-in-law, Harry...

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