Nixon v. Thompson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brogan, Chief-Justice.

The decree of the Prerogative Court, now under review, reinstated to probate the will of Edward Nixon.' The Warren County Orphans Court denied probate on the ground that the instrument was vitiated by undue influence. The matter came before the Orphans Court on the petition of appeal of William Nixon, a brother of the decedent, who charged that the will was the product of undue influence on the part of Francis L. Thompson, the testator’s lawyer, who drafted the will. Previously the will had been admitted to probate by the…