Case Name: In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of Peter Caffrey, Deceased. Norah Noonan etal., Appellants; Matthew J. O'Brien, Individually and as Executor of Annie O'Neill, Deceased, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1917-05-08
Citations: 221 N.Y. 486
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of Peter Caffrey, Deceased. Norah Noonan etal., Appellants; Matthew J. O’Brien, Individually and as Executor of Annie O’Neill, Deceased, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 221
Pages: 486–487

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of Peter Caffrey, Deceased. Norah Noonan etal., Appellants; Matthew J. O’Brien, Individually and as Executor of Annie O’Neill, Deceased, Respondent.
(Argued April 18, 1917;
decided May 8, 1917.)
Matter of Caffrey, 174 App. Div. 398, affirmed.
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered November 3, 1916, which affirmed a decree of the New York County Surrogate’s Court admitting to probate the will of Peter Caffrey, deceased, entered upon a verdict directed by the court. The only claim now made by contestants is that the propounded paper was never executed by Peter Caffrey, the decedent; that the signature or mark affixed to the will was not genuine, but a forgery.
Winifred Sullivan for appellants.
Randolph Harris and Charles P. Howland for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Chase, Hogan, Cardozo, Pound and Andrews, JJ. Not sitting: McLaughlin, J.