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MATTER OF PASCAL

285 A.D. 456 (1955)

In the Matter of the Probate of The Will of Gabriel Pascal, Deceased. Valerie Pascal et al., Appellants; Marianne Z. Speelman, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 15, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Merwin of counsel (Margulies & Heit, attorneys), for Valerie Pascal, appellant.

Lionel S. Popkin of counsel (Hess, Mela, Segall, Popkin & Guterman, attorneys), for Eugenio Lehel, appellant.

Francis X. Stephens, Jr., of counsel (William B. McKeown with him on the brief; Francis X. Stephens, Jr., attorney), for respondent.

PECK, P. J., COHN, BREITEL and BASTOW, JJ., concur.

Per Curiam.

The paper offered for probate is a single-page instrument, handwritten and addressed to petitioner-respondent, who is not related by blood or marriage to decedent.

It reads as follows:

"To Zaya Kingman-Speelman 470 Park Avenue N.Y. This is my will if I should die on this my trip to India you are my sol [sic] heiress. Signed...

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