In re Voorhees

The Surrogate.

The testator had two sons and three daughters and by his will he devised one fifth of his estate to each them, naming them successively:

In the clause making provision for his daughter Adriana, her name is interlined, and it is claimed on behalf of one of the next of kin that the presumption of law is that this interlineation was made after the execution of the will. The testator having named two of his daughters in his will, it is a fair presumption that in the clause in question he intended to name the remaining daughter, at any rate he intended to name one of his daughters,…