¶1 reads for reversal of judgment of General 'Term of the decree of surrogate, and ordering an issue to be tried by a jury at a Circuit Court in New York.
¶2 Judgment reversed, and ordered accordingly.
53 N.Y. 627
Howland v. . Taylor
Decided June 10, 1873
New York Court of Appeals · decided 1873-06-10
This was an appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, affirming a decree of the surrogate of the county of New York, admitting to probate an… Held: that while the facts appearing were not sufficient to satisfy them that the will was a forgery, yet they were not sufficient to convince them of its genuineness, leaving the matter in doubt and uncertainty, and therefore that it should be sent to a jury for investigation.
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Decided 1873-06-10
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