Mason v. Jones

The Surrogate.

John Mason died September 26,1839. An instrument propounded as his last will and testament, was duly admitted to probate by the Surrogate, October 21, 1839; and letters testamentary were issued to the executors. On the 20th day of October, 1840, Joseph Alston and Helen his wife, in the right of the latter as one of the next of ldn, filed allegations against the validity of the will and the competency of the proof thereof. The executors and legatees were cited to appear before the Surrogate, and show cause why the probate should not be revoked. The Surrogate, having heard the…