In Re the Probate of the Will of Cook

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1926-12-31

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Crane, J. Frances Julia Cook, an elderly widow of considerable wealth, desired to make a will disposing of her property to certain charities. She had no children, and her only heirs and next of kin were a sister, a niece and two nephews. These relatives were of mature years, and apparently not on terms of great intimacy with Mrs. Cook. A…

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