Legal Opinion

In Re Lester

New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division

Decided December 27, 1926PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

The contention of the appellant is, that a will bequeathing personal property is not within the provisions of section 24 of "An act concerning wills," which reads:

"That all wills and testaments * * * shall be in writing, and shall be signed by the testator, which signature shall be made by the testator, or the making thereof be acknowledged by him, and such writing declared to be his last will in presence of two witnesses present at the same time, who shall subscribe their names thereto as witnesses in the presence of the testator, and all wills and testaments * * * shall be sufficient to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re the Probate of the Will of McElwaineNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1867

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Heise v. EarleSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1944

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