Guild v. Mayor of Newark

Stevens, V. C.

This bill prays for the construction of four wills made by members of the family of the late David A. Hayes. The question is whether the effect of these wills is to vest in the city of Newark a valid title to lands and money devoted to the use of a public park.

David A. Hayes died intestate, in 1875, seized of some of the lands in controversy. He left a widow, Caroline D. Hayes, and three children, viz., a son, Howard, and two daughters, Mary and’Alice.

Mary married Louis Pennington and died in 1894, leaving a daughter, Mary, who survived her mother but died when only six years…