Executors of Haydock v. Haydock

The Vice-Chancellor.

The object of this suit is to set aside two gifts made by a husband to a wife shortly before his death. The grounds alleged are want of capacity and undue influence.

Eden Haydock died April 29th, 1879. He left a widow, the defendant in this suit, and an only child, a daughter by a former wife. By his will, which was executed March 23d, 1871, he gave his widow $1,000, payable immediately after his death, and an annuity of $600 during her widowhood, payable in semiannual installments, the first payment to be made at the expiration óf a year from his death. The balance of his…