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

In the Matter of the Application for Probate of a Paper Purporting to Be the Last Will and Testament of Gertrude Ann Van Woert, Deceased.
   Decision amended by striking therefrom the words “ upon questions of fact ” and inserting in place thereof “on the ground that the uncontradicted evidence shows that by the mutilation the testatrix did not intend to revoke the entire will.” All concurred; Smith, P. J., and Betts, J., voting for a further modification to require a submission of the question to a jury, being of the opinion that, notwithstanding the evidence is uncontradicted, there is still a question of fact as to the intention of the testatrix in mutilating the will, which should be determined by a j ury. (See 147 App. Div. 483.)