Case Name: In the Matter of the Petition of Augustus Mackenzie, Jr., to Prove the Last Will and Testament of Augustus Mackenzie, Deceased. Donald Mackenzie, Jr., an Infant, by Frederick A. Keck, His Special Guardian, and Others, Appellants; Augustus Mackenzie, Jr., and Others, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-04
Citations: 247 A.D. 908
Docket Number: Appeal No. 2
Parties: In the Matter of the Petition of Augustus Mackenzie, Jr., to Prove the Last Will and Testament of Augustus Mackenzie, Deceased. Donald Mackenzie, Jr., an Infant, by Frederick A. Keck, His Special Guardian, and Others, Appellants; Augustus Mackenzie, Jr., and Others, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 908–908

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Petition of Augustus Mackenzie, Jr., to Prove the Last Will and Testament of Augustus Mackenzie, Deceased. Donald Mackenzie, Jr., an Infant, by Frederick A. Keck, His Special Guardian, and Others, Appellants; Augustus Mackenzie, Jr., and Others, Respondents.
(Appeal No. 2.)

Opinion:
Motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals granted. [See ante, p. 807.1 The following question is certified: " After a trial of this contrasted probate proceeding, in which, the surrogate directed a verdict on all issues except one which he submitted to the jury; and the jury disagreed and did not bring in any verdict, and no decree was entered from which an appeal could be taken, did the surrogate have jurisdiction and authority thereafter to make an order limiting the new trial to the one issue which had been submitted to the jury on the first trial? " Present — Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston and Adel, JJ.