Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Diament

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided March 4, 1918PublishedCited by 7 opinions

On appeal from a decree of the prerogative court.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Swayze, J.

The question arises on the offer to probate the will and codicils of Charles G. Diament. The orphans court admitted to probate the will and the two earliest codicils and rejected the last codicil.

The prerogative court affirmed the decree.

*553The last codicil was not produced. "VVe are satisfied, as the lower courts were, that the testator destroyed this codicil with intent to revoke it. The question presented is what effect this had upon the will and the two earlier codicils. The case was treated in the lower courts and argued here as if it were…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Heise v. EarleSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1944
  2. Creech v. McVaughNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1947
  3. Kennedy v. MocklerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1955
  4. In Re SmalleyNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1942
  5. Bohny v. Associated Dyeing & Printing Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1934

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