In Re Horton

This is an action by the executors of Mary Esther Horton, also known as Etta H. Horton and Etta Horton, deceased, for a construction of her will. The defendants are nephews and nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces, by consanguinity and by affinity. None of the defendants answered the complaint. They contented themselves with the filing of briefs discussing the legal aspects of the case.

The decedent, Mary Esther Horton, died a resident of Bergen County, on April 24, 1948, leaving surviving four nephews and nieces and eight grandnephews and grandnieces of her own blood; three nephews and…