Potter v. Watkins

This bill was filed by the widow of Robert H. McC. Potter, deceased, for a discovery of the assets of his estate, so that she could elect between her dower and a provision in his will in lieu of dower. The estate was given to the executors in trust and all the land has been converted into cash under a power in the will, free of the widow's dower, released by her under a reservation of her rights in the funds by a protecting order made in the cause. The essential portions of the will are set forth in the opinion advising a discovery, reported in99 N.J. Eq. 538. The master to whom it was…