In re Matulewich

Mary Matulewicz, a widow, seventy-one years of age, died at the home of her son, George, in Alpine, N. J., on June 7,1933. Her only heirs at law were her said son and the contestant, Justine Message, fourteen years of age, daughter of her deceased daughter, Margaret Message. The decedent could not write in any language and could not speak English. From 1922 to 1929 she lived with her daughter, Margaret Message, and her son-in-law, Dr. Message, the parents of the contestant, and after her daughter’s death, in 1929, continued to live with her son-in-law until 1930, when he remarried. Soon…