Ashton v. Wilkinson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from an order of the chancellor, who delivered the following opinion. John P. Wakeman died in December, 1891. In his will, admitted to probate in the same month, after directing the payment of his debts and funeral expenses, appointing executors and giving them power to sell his real estate and giving the income of the entire estate to his wife for her life, he conferred! this authority upon his wife: “I hereby also authorize my said wife to convey by will, in such…
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On appeal from an order of the chancellor, who delivered the following opinion. John P. Wakeman died in December, 1891. In his will, admitted to probate in the same month, after directing the payment of his debts and funeral expenses, appointing executors and giving them power to sell his real estate and giving the income of the entire estate to his wife for her life, he conferred! this authority upon his wife: “I hereby also authorize my said wife to convey by will, in such manner- and for such purpose as she may deem best, the sum of fifty thousand dollars-of my estate, which sum of fifty…
1Per curiam
Order affirmed for the reasons given by the chancellor.
For affirmance — The Chief-Justice, Dixon, Gummere;. Lippincott, Mag-ie, Reed, Van Syokel, Brown, Sims — 9.
For reversal — Hone.
2Cited by1 opinion
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