Stewart v. Stewart
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
On appeal from a decree of the orphans court of Passaic county, which admits to probate a paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Thomas C. Stewart, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
The Ordinary.
Thomas C. Stewart died in May, 1897, at the age of eighty-one years, leaving him surviving his wife, Cornelia, and two sons by a former wife, Thomas and Charles. He resided for many years, until his death, in the city of Passaic, in this state.
The paper in question bears date the 25th of June, 1894, and was admitted to probate by the surrogate of Passaic county shortly after Mr. Stewart’s death. The son Thomas appealed from the surrogate’s probate to the orphans court, and, on the 29th of October, 1897, that court made the decree now under review, which admits the paper to…
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