In re the Estate of Cherney

Wingate, S.

The present controversy respecting priority of right to intestate administration upon the estate of this decedent makes an attack upon the status as such of the person whom the decedent had unquestionably deemed to be his lawful wife for a decade oj more, who had shared his joys and sorrows, participated in his success and adversity and assisted in the care and upbringing of his children by his former marriage.

The decedent was an orthodox Jew, born in Russia, where he was married to one Leah. He immigrated to this country in or about the year 1905 and his wife followed him about a…