In re the Probate of the Will of Cote

Page, S.

Fred I. Cote and his wife, Pauline G. Cote, were married in New Jersey in 1918. In 1919, they became residents of Broome County. Shortly thereafter they established a restaurant business, which later became “ Teddy’s Inn ” a bar and grill, at Port Crane, a suburb of Binghamton. Later, Mr. Cote set up a similar business in the city of Binghamton, from which time it appears that Mr. Cote devoted himself more especially to the latter and his wife to the former. On or about September 17, 1946, a separation agreement was entered into between decedent and his wife, particular provisions of…