New York Court of Appeals December 20, 1983 (In re the Estate of Collins)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Kaye, J.

A will may be admitted to probate notwithstanding the failed or imperfect memory of both attesting witnesses.

Bertha A. Collins died on June 4, 1981 leaving as her sole distributees respondents, Richard and Robert Hoffman, her nephews. The Hoffmans offered a 1951 will for probate, under which Mrs. Collins left her entire estate to her husband, who had predeceased her.