Case Name: In the Matter of Bernard M. Feinberg, Deceased. Donald Kaufman et al., Respondents; Seymour Feinberg et al, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-04-10
Citations: 149 A.D.2d 510
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Bernard M. Feinberg, Deceased. Donald Kaufman et al., Respondents; Seymour Feinberg et al, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 149
Pages: 510–510

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Bernard M. Feinberg, Deceased. Donald Kaufman et al., Respondents; Seymour Feinberg et al, Appellants.

Opinion:
— In a contested probate proceeding, the objectants appeal from a decree of the Surrogate's Court, Kings County (Bloom, S.), entered December 24, 1987, which, after a nonjury trial, ordered that the objections to probate be dismissed and admitted the will, dated April 30, 1986, to probate..
Ordered that the decree is affirmed, with costs payable by the appellants personally.
The determination of the Surrogate, who presided at the trial and heard all of the testimony, is entitled to great weight. Unless shown to be clearly erroneous, it should not be set aside on appeal (see, Matter of Thorne, 108 AD2d 865; Matter of Poggemeyer, 87 AD2d 822).
We' find that the conclusions of the Surrogate are fully supported by the record. The proponents clearly sustained their burden of proving the testamentary capacity of the testator and disproving the objections to the will (see, Matter of Kumstar, 66 NY2d 691). Mollen, P. J., Kunzeman, Spatt and Rosenblatt, JJ., concur.