Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of Samuel Eisenfeld, Deceased
Court: New York Surrogate's Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1966-12-12
Citations: 52 Misc.2d 209
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of Samuel Eisenfeld, Deceased.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 209–210

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of Samuel Eisenfeld, Deceased.
Surrogate’s Court, Kings County,
December 12, 1966.
Tolleris & Kass for proponents. Seymour Besunder for Muriel Hernstadt, respondent-contestant.

Opinion:
Edward S. Silver, J.
The court, on its own motion, strikes the objections, which are the usual omnibus objections, to the propounded instrument, as the contestant's financial interest is the same under the will as it would be in the event of intestacy. Section 147 of the Surrogate's Court Act enumerates the persons who may file objections to a will offered for probate, and the cases construing that section hold that a person, in order to contest the probate of a will, must have a financial interest to protect or stand to gain by the denial of probate. (Matter of Haddock, 22 Misc 2d 694; Matter of Bahrenburg, 200 Misc. 959, and cases cited therein.) Accordingly, the motion for an order of preclusion is deemed academic.