Barnum v. Morton

Pitney, Ordinary.

Ann C. Morton, late of Glen Ridge, Essex county, New Jersey, died on April 29th, 1901, leaving a will and two codicils thereto, which were admitted to probate by the surrogate of Essex county. She appears to have owned — first, her dwelling-house at Glen Ridge, which, after her death, was sold for the payment of her *799debts; secondly, an apartment-house in New York City, known as the Third avenue property, situate upon leased land, and thirdly, a tract of unimproved property at Middle ATllage, Long Island, consisting of twenty-six or twenty-seven acres laid out for sale in…