Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of James E. Boyle, Deceased. James P. Boyle, Also Known as Pat Boyle, Appellant; Estate of James E. Boyle, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1985-01-28
Citations: 107 A.D.2d 807
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of James E. Boyle, Deceased. James P. Boyle, Also Known as Pat Boyle, Appellant; Estate of James E. Boyle, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 107
Pages: 807–808

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of James E. Boyle, Deceased. James P. Boyle, Also Known as Pat Boyle, Appellant; Estate of James E. Boyle, Respondent.

Opinion:
— In a proceeding pursuant to the Surrogate's Court Act to vacate the decree admitting to probate the last will and testament of the decedent, James E. Boyle, on the ground that the waiver of citation had been signed by mistake, petitioner James P. Boyle appeals from an order of the Surrogate's Court, Dutchess County (Benson, S.), dated April 27, 1984, which, after a hearing, dismissed the proceeding.
Order affirmed, with costs payable personally by the appellant.
The evidence at the hearing established that petitioner read the waiver of citation on probate before signing it, and therefore is chargeable with knowledge of its contents and effect. Since neither mistake nor fraud was established, the Surrogate did not err in refusing to vacate the probate decree. Thompson, J. P., Bracken, Brown and Rubin, JJ., concur.