Vreeland v. Schoonmaker
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
This case came before the Ordinary on appeal from a decree of the Orphans Court of the county of Bergen. Enoch J. Vreeland, the intestate, died May 4th, 1861, leaving him surviving, his wife, Sophia Vreeland, but no children. Eleanor Vreeland, one of the appellants, is his sister, and only next of kin.
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This case came before the Ordinary on appeal from a decree of the Orphans Court of the county of Bergen. Enoch J. Vreeland, the intestate, died May 4th, 1861, leaving him surviving, his wife, Sophia Vreeland, but no children. Eleanor Vreeland, one of the appellants, is his sister, and only next of kin. The respondent, Henry Schoonmaker, ministered on his estate, filed an inventory thereof, amounting to $10,542.24, and, on the tenth of September, 1862, filed his final account, showing Debits to the amount of.................................$11,234.49 Credits to the amount…
1Opinion of the Court
The Ordinary.
The administrator of Enoch J. Vreeland, upon the settlement of his accounts in the Orphans Court, among other items for which he claimed credit, prayed allowance for $2000, “amount received by Sophia Vreeland (widow of the intestate), by bequest from her father during coverture with the intestate, and which, at his death, remained in his possession.” Exceptions filed to the account by the next of kin of ■ the intestate, were by the decree of the court overruled, and the account was allowed as audited and stated by the surrogate. Prom this decree the exceptants appealed.
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