Davenport v. Davenport
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On bill, answer and proofs. The bill of complaint in this canse is filed by one Alla A. Davenport, who claims to be the second wife and widow of Thomas C. Davenport, who died on the 17th day of February, 1903. The bill makes defendants the children of the decedent, Thomas C. Davenport, born to him by Mary A. Davenport, who is alleged in the bill to be a former wife of said Thomas C. Davenport, and also makes defendant the said Mary A. Davenport, who is alleged to claim to be…
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On bill, answer and proofs. The bill of complaint in this canse is filed by one Alla A. Davenport, who claims to be the second wife and widow of Thomas C. Davenport, who died on the 17th day of February, 1903. The bill makes defendants the children of the decedent, Thomas C. Davenport, born to him by Mary A. Davenport, who is alleged in the bill to be a former wife of said Thomas C. Davenport, and also makes defendant the said Mary A. Davenport, who is alleged to claim to be the widow of Thomas C. Davenport. ■ The bill states as the complainant’s ground for relief the following circumstances:…
1Opinion of the Court
Grey, V. C.
This cause has been well prepared and ably presented by counsel on both sides. It involves important questions, dependent to some extent upon the details of the evidence, a part of which I have found it necessary to quote.
In order to avoid confusion, it should be noted that the defendant named in the bill as Mary A. Davenport, and therein alleged to be the former wife of Thomas C. Davenport, is the same person who answers as Anna M. Davenport, insisting that she was the lawful wife and is now the widow of the decedent. *324Thomas C. Davenport. She will be designated in this opinion as…
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