In re the probate of the last will & testament of Coleman
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree of the ordinary achnitting to probate in the prerogative court the last will and testament of Frederick F. Coleman, deceased, reported in 88 Ecq. £8J/..
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kalisch, J.
The grounds of appeal relied on by counsel for appellant, in the brief, may be summarized thus: 1. That the proponents failed to sustain the burden of proof in establishing that the testator, at the time he made his will, was legally competent to make it, because three weeks before the testator’s death a lunacy *579commission found the testator to be non.compos mentis and without lucid intervals for seventeen months prior thereto, and that, therefore, the will having been made by the testator at a time embraced within the period of the seventeen…
2Cited by5 opinions
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- In Re RuleNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1939
- In Re PhillipsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1947
- Peter v. EnglertNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1935