Robertson v. Jones

This question for determination is whether a divorce and property settlement' revoke a provision of a will. The statutes have no provision for revocation based on such circumstances'. Therefore, in reaching a decision we must first ascertain whether revocation by implication is recognized in this State.

The question arises from these facts. John M. Jones married Zuella Robertson, the plaintiff. Two years after his marriage, in 1927, he made a will leaving his property in equal shares to his mother and to his “beloved wife, Zuella Jones.” Then in 1935 in connection with a suit for divorce he…