MATTER OF CULLEN


174 Misc.2d 236 (1997)

663 N.Y.S.2d 508

In the Matter of The Estate of Melvin D. Cullen, Also Known as Melvin C. Root, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Cattaraugus County.

September 25, 1997


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kysor & Della Posta, Gowanda, for Celia M. Kroll. Timothy P. Frank, Springville, for Mary J. Root.


LARRY M. HIMELEIN, J.

Testator, Melvin D. Cullen, also known as Melvin Cullen Root, allegedly functionally illiterate and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder arising out of his military service during the Vietnam War, executed a will on November 26, 1975, which named his then wife, Linda Cullen (the third of six wives), executrix and her mother, Celia Kroll, substitute executrix. The sixth paragraph...

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