In re the Appeal from the Decree of the Orphans Court for Essex County
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
On appeal from the Essex orphans court.
1Opinion of the Court
Lane, Vice-Ordinary.
The-testator adopted a child in accordance with the provisions of an act concerning minors, their adoption, custody and maintenance. Rev. of 1902, 2 Comp. Stat. p. 2807, amended P. L. 1012 p. 53. His wife at the time of the adoption died. By her he had no children. He remarried. He then made his will. He died, and after his death a posthumous child of the second marriage was born. The will was admitted to probate by the orphans court. It provides substantially that two-thirds of his estate should go to his wife and that one-third should be held in trust for the benefit of…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Ross v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Matter of the Estate Op Bernard NewManCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
- Sewall v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Humphries v. DavisIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Hockaday v. LynnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Gardner v. HallNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1942
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- In Re Estate of NeuwirthNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1978
- In Re ReedNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- In re the Adoption of SusanBergen County Surrogate's Court · 1944
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