Case Name: In the Matter of the Proof and Probate of the Instrument Propounded as the Last Will and Testament of Francis Van Tine, Deceased. Jason R. Swift, Appellant; George Van Tine and Others, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1916-10
Citations: 175 A.D. 906
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Proof and Probate of the Instrument Propounded as the Last Will and Testament of Francis Van Tine, Deceased. Jason R. Swift, Appellant; George Van Tine and Others, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 175
Pages: 906–906

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Proof and Probate of the Instrument Propounded as the Last Will and Testament of Francis Van Tine, Deceased. Jason R. Swift, Appellant; George Van Tine and Others, Respondents.
Appeal by Jason R. Swift, proponent, and as executor of the instrument propounded as the last will and testament of Francis Van Tine, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Cayuga, entered February 4, 1916; also from an order of said court entered on the same day denying proponent’s motion for a new trial; also from an order of the Supreme Court upon the trial of the issues sent therein by the Surrogate’s Court, denying the motion for a new trial entered in Cayuga county clerk’s office on the 30th day of January, 1916.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The jury found by their answers to the questions submitted to them that at the time of the making of the alleged will the testator was of sound mind and capable of making the same, but that he never executed it, and also that the execution was obtained by undue influence. Assuming that these findings may be reconciled we are of the opinion that the finding that the testator did not execute the will, and that the execution was obtained by undue influence, is each against the weight of the evidence, and that the verdict of the jury should have been set aside upon that ground. The decree and orders denying motion for a new trial should be reversed and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. All concurred. Decree and orders denying motion for new trial reversed and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event.