IN RE HOOVER


21 N.J. Super. 323 (1952)

91 A.2d 155

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LEWIS C. HOOVER, DECEASED. LEWIS VOLLMER HOOVER, PROPONENT-APPELLANT, AND AMELIA HOOVER AND JOAN VENINO MORTON, CAVEATRICES-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided September 9, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas J. Smith argued the cause for the proponent-appellant Lewis Vollmer Hoover (Messrs. Parsons, Labrecque, Canzona & Combs, attorneys; Messrs. Birdsall & Madigan, of counsel).

Mr. Robert V. Carton argued the cause for the caveatrices-respondents Amelia Hoover and Joan Venino Morton (Messrs. Durand, Ivins & Carton, attorneys).

Before Judges JAYNE, COLIE and GRIMSHAW.


The opinion of the court was delivered by GRIMSHAW, J.S.C.

This is an appeal from an order of the Monmouth County Court denying probate to a will of Lewis C. Hoover, dated July 31, 1950, and admitting to probate an earlier will dated December 22, 1949. So far as the admission to probate of the will of December 22, 1949, is concerned, the record fails to provide justification for the court's action. The petition for probate and order to show cause thereon which initiated...

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