Rusling v. Rusling
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree of the ordinary, whose opinion is reported in Rusling v. Rusling, 8 8tew. Eq. WO.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
The appellants, a son and the widow of Gershom Rusling, deceased, impeach the validity of his will, executed with due formality on January 4th, 1875.
Upon their caveat against its probate, the orphans court of Mercer county certified the question involved to the circuit court for trial before a jury, pursuant to the nineteenth section of the orphans court act. The verdict of the jury' was against the validity of the will, both for want of mental capacity in the testator and because of undue influence exercised by the principal legatees. This…
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