Crawford v. Lees
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On bill for construction of will. Hearing on motion of defendant G-. Walter Lees to amend answer and cross-bill. The bill is filed by complainants as executors of the last will and testament of Henry C. Lees, deceased, and seeks the construction of certain provisions of the will of testator to enable the executors to properly discharge their duties as such.
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On bill for construction of will. Hearing on motion of defendant G-. Walter Lees to amend answer and cross-bill. The bill is filed by complainants as executors of the last will and testament of Henry C. Lees, deceased, and seeks the construction of certain provisions of the will of testator to enable the executors to properly discharge their duties as such. The bill sets forth the death of said Lees, testate, in May, 1910; the probate of his will by the surrogate of the county in which testator resided; the issuance of letters of executorship to complainants and the terms of the will; and…
1Opinion of the Court
Leaming, V. C.
By the amended answer and cross-bill which defendant now seeks to file, this court is asked to disregard the official probate of a will, and to treat the will as a nullity, and refuse to construe its provisions, and to require the persons who have been appointed executors of the will to account to an heir for his share of the personal estate of the deceased which has come to their hands. If the averments of tire proposed amended pleadings are clearly inadequate to afford any part of the relief sought, it is obvious that the application to amend should be denied, for no benefits…
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