English v. Executors of English
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Bill by a widow, against the executors of her husband, to establish her title to dower in the real estafe of the testator. Answer by the executors, insisting that the complainant had elected to accept an annuity bequeathed to her by the testator in lieu of her dower. All the facts and circumstances necessary to a full understanding of the case, are staled in the opinion of the chancellor. The cause was heard upon bill, answer and proofs.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
Dr. James English, by his last will and testament, duly executed according to law, gave to his wife Caroline. a house and lot situate in the city of New-Brunswick; so ranch of his household and kitchen furniture as she might choose to retain, a gold watch, her choice of the books in the library, and twelve hundred and fifty dollars in cash to be paid in one year after his decease. He further gave to his said wife the interest of six thousand dollars while she should remain his widow, to bo invested in bond and mortgage under the direction of the orphans’ court of the county of…
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