In Re Bishop

This is an appeal from a decree of the orphans court of Essex county admitting to probate the last will and testament of Eliza C. Bishop, dated December 9th, 1914, and a codicil thereto, dated July 12th, 1919. Mrs. Bishop died April 19th, 1922, aged eighty-five, a widow and childless. Her only relative was a grandniece, the caviatrix. She left an estate of approximately $70,000. The will contains twenty-four items of pecuniary and specific gifts to her grandniece, friends and charitable institutions, aggregating approximately $25,000, and the residue to J. Henry Harrison, who is appointed…