Dorsheimer v. Rorback
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Tlie argument of tlie cause came on upon a general demurrer of tlie defendants, tlie executors of Nathan Drake, and upon tlie answer of the other defendants, the replication of the complainant, and the proofs of both parties,
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The complainant is one of the next of kin of John Rorback, deceased, late of Newton, in the county of Sussex. He died on the loth of February, 1855, intestate, never having been married, leaving as next of kin four brothers and sisters, and the complainant and her sister, Martha Scott, the only children of a deceased sister, each of whom was thus entitled to one-tentli of the residue of liis personal estate. His personal estate amounted to more than $75,000, and tlie residue of it, on a settlement of the account of the administrators in the Orphans Court of Sussex county, on…
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