In re the Estate of Colton

The orphans court of Essex county filed the following opinion:

“Katherine Vance Colton, the decedent, died July 19th, 1930, a spinster, at the age of eighty-seven years. She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, was eccentric, isolated, inexperienced in any business or other competitive undertaking and a stranger to those subtle and faithless practices which too frequently accompany opportunity where large sums of money tempt the trusted. She had had the good fortune to have her business affairs taken in charge and well cared for by her brother, Mr. Charles S. Colton, up to the date of…