Phair v. Melosh

The will of Charles Ecklin was admitted to probate by the surrogate of Hudson county in or about September, 1896, and William F. Melosh qualified as executor thereunder. The testator left his entire estate to his wife Elizabeth Ecklin and she died a few months later leaving a will probated before said surrogate April 20th, 1897, under which said William F. Melosh qualified as executor and by which her estate passed to her grandchildren, Elizabeth Melosh, now Phair (the complainant), and Rudolph C. Melosh, children of William F. Melosh. November 7th, 1901, Melosh, as executor of Elizabeth…