Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York September 10, 1913 (In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Shaul)

lead-opinion

Howard, J. :

Martha Shaul died September 1, 1910. Before she died, and on August 24, 1910, she is said to have executed a will. The will was prepared by Orange L. Van Horne, a lawyer of Otsego county and the district attorney of that county. At the time of the alleged execution of the will the decedent and her mother, aged seventy-five years, lived alone.