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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of the Petition of John W. Ruef, Respondent, for Probate of the Will of George A. Williams, Deceased. George C. Williams, Appellant; J. Howard Ashfield, as Committee of the Person and Property of Edward A. Williams, an Incompetent Person, et al., Respondents.
    
      Matter of Ruef, 180 App. Div. 203, affirmed.
    (Argued March 4, 1918;
    decided March 19, 1918.)
    Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered November 19, 1917, which affirmed a decree of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court admitting to probate the will of George A. Williams, deceased. Objections were filed by George C. Williams, a son of the testator, on the ground that the will was not duly executed; that at the time of the alleged execution the testator was without testamentary capacity; and that the paper had been fraudulently obtained by undue influence practiced upon the testator by his daughter, Laura A. Buchanan.
    
      Henry F. Cochrane for appellant.
    
      James M. Gray, special guardian for incompetent.
    
      Wallace Mac Farlane and Paul E. Mead for proponent, respondent.
   Order affirmed, with costs payable out of the estate; no opinion.

Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cuddeback, McLaughlin and Crane, JJ. Not voting: Hogan, J.