Case Name: In re VAN WOERT'S WILL
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1912-01-04
Citations: 132 N.Y.S. 1149
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re VAN WOERT’S WILL.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 132
Pages: 1149–1149

Head Matter:
In re VAN WOERT’S WILL.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department.
January 4, 1912.)
In the matter of the application for probate of a paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Gertrude Ann Van Woert, deceased.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Decision amended, by striking therefrom the words "upon questions of fact," and inserting in place thereof "on the ground that the uncontradicted evidence shows that by the mutilation the testatrix did not intend to revoke the entire will." See, also, 131 N. Y. Supp. 748.
SMITH, P. J., and BETTS, J.,
vote for a further modification to require a submission of the question to a jury, being of the opinion that, notwithstanding the evidence is uncontradicted, there is still a question of fact as to the intention of the testatrix in mutilating the will, which should be determined by a jury.