In Re Estate of Stephenson

The facts may be briefly stated. Decedent, an unmarried woman, eighty-six years old when she died July 6, 1941, was an aunt of Pearle Gould (formerly Pearle Stephenson), who became administratrix of her estate. She had lived with her niece and husband, Roy H. Gould (hereinafter called the claimant), since 1911, the year Pearle and claimant were married. Decedent’s parents were then dead and she had already, in 1907, made a will in which she gave all her estate to “my beloved niece, Pearle Stephenson.”

This will was promptly probated after her death and the administratrix gave immediate notice…