Edwards v. Austin

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

This appeal is another phase of litigation arising as a result of reciprocal wills executed by Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Edwards in 1950, and a subsequent will executed by Mr. Edwards in 1955.1

Mr. and Mrs. Edwards lived in Newark, and acquired extensive holdings in both real and personal property. They were the parents of one child, a daughter, Hazel, who died in 1922. Soon after her death, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, who were members of the Methodist Church at Newark, caused to be constructed an elaborate church building in Newark, which was, and is still, known as the…