Case Name: In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of Katherine Izydorczak, Also Known as Katarzyna Krawczyk, Deceased. Edmund J. Krawczyk, Sr., Appellant; Valentine Izydorczak, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1955-03-16
Citations: 285 A.D. 1011
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of Katherine Izydorczak, Also Known as Katarzyna Krawczyk, Deceased. Edmund J. Krawczyk, Sr., Appellant; Valentine Izydorczak, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 285
Pages: 1011–1011

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Probate of the Will of Katherine Izydorczak, Also Known as Katarzyna Krawczyk, Deceased. Edmund J. Krawczyk, Sr., Appellant; Valentine Izydorczak, Respondent.

Opinion:
Decree reversed on the law, without costs of this appeal to any party, and a new trial granted. Memorandum : It was error for the Surrogate to allow proponent to prove declarations of the testatrix to establish the continued existence of her will shown otherwise to have been executed. (Matter of Kennedy, 167 N. Y. 163.) All concur. (Appeal from a decree of Erie Surrogate's Court, admitting a carbon copy of the alleged last will of decedent to probate.) Present — McCurn, P. J., Vaughan, Kimball, Piper and Van Duser, JJ.