Heise v. Earle

This appeal is from a decree of the Prerogative Court granting probate to a certain will dated November 21st, 1932, made by the decedent, Mary Elizabeth Davis. The decree under review reversed a decree of the Bergen County Orphans Court which denied probate of the will. The instrument in question devised and bequeathed the entire estate to William Z. Earle, a nephew, and Anna, his wife, and appointed the Rutherford Trust Company executor. The will, upon execution, was lodged with that Trust Company where it remained until after the death of the testatrix. Later the testatrix made two other…