Case Name: In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of William H. Clark, Deceased. Caroline F. Lester et al., Appellants; Seth C. Clark, Individually and as Executor, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1915-05-04
Citations: 215 N.Y. 623
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of William H. Clark, Deceased. Caroline F. Lester et al., Appellants; Seth C. Clark, Individually and as Executor, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 215
Pages: 623–624

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of William H. Clark, Deceased. Caroline F. Lester et al., Appellants; Seth C. Clark, Individually and as Executor, Respondent.
(Argued April 13, 1915;
decided May 4, 1915.)
Matter of Clark, 160 App. Div. 908, affirmed.
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered December 31, 1913, which affirmed a decree of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court admitting to probate the will and codicil of William H. Clark, deceased. Objections had been filed upon the grounds that the testator did not execute the codicil; that he was not of sound mind or memory or mentally capable of making a codicil and that the codicil was procured by fraud and undue influence practiced upon the decedent by the respondent here.
Gustave Lange, Jr., and George B. Lester for appellants.
William J. Bolger for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion:
Concur: Werner, Hiscock, Chase, Collin, Hogan, Miller and Cardozo, JJ.