Loveridge v. Brown

Pbe Oueiam.

On the 5th day of September, 1922, Elizabeth Lees, then a resident of the county of Essex, departed this life, leaving a last will and testament, the validity of which was challenged by her nephew, Arthur E. Loveridge, the present appellant. The matter having been brought on for hearing before the orphans court of that county, it was there held, after a consideration of the proofs, that the will was valid, and a decree was entered admitting it to probate.

The contestant, Loveridge, then appealed to the prerogative court for a review of this decree, and that court, after hearing the…