Arnault v. Arnault
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
On appeal from a decree of the Hudson county orphans court, which denies probate to a paper purporting to be the last will of Pierre Arnault, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
The Ordinary.
Pierre Arnault, who had been a successful wine merchant in the city of New York, died at his residence in Jersey City, on the 30th day of December, 1891, leaving him surviving, as the legitimate claimants upon his bounty, a widow and two children by a former wife, from which former wife, according to the testimony of his widow, he was divorced • one child, a daughter, Clothide by name, who is now married and a resident in Switzerland, and the other, a son, named Isaac, who died after his father, leaving a widow; and also those to whom the disputed paper gives his estate — Elise…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Last Will of MondorfNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- McClure v. McClureTennessee Supreme Court · 1887
- Kessinger v. KessingerIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re RaynoldsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1942
- Matter of Estate of HershNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1984
- Price v. ReillyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1944