TEASDALE v. HARRISON


16 N.J. Super. 335 (1951)

84 A.2d 563

ADA PIERSON TEASDALE AND MARGARET PIERSON, PLAINTIFFS, v. HARRIET K. HARRISON, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided November 9, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter G. Brandley, attorney for the plaintiffs.

Mr. Ezra W. Karkus for the defendant (Messrs. Karkus & Kantor, attorneys).


FREUND, J.S.C.

This case involves title to lands in the Township of Caldwell, New Jersey. The issue is to be determined by the construction of a will dated January 25, 1890, made by Philander S. Pierson, who died on August 20, 1893. The pertinent portion of the will provides as follows:

"Third: I give, bequeath and devise to my wife aforesaid, my homestead property on which I now reside, together with the tenant house adjoining the same and the six acre lot...

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