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TALBOTT v. WOOSTER

61 N.J. Super. 221 (1960)

160 A.2d 313

MARY ELLEN TALBOTT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES N. TALBOTT, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF, v. LEROY P. WOOSTER, CORONER, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided April 19, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. DuBois, Maiale & DuBois, attorneys for plaintiff (Mr. Madison S. DuBois, appearing).

Mr. A. David Epstein, attorney for defendant.

SCHALICK, J.S.C.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff to have the court expunge from the death certificate of record a statement that death was a suicide. The plaintiff is the widow and also executrix of decedent's estate.

The plaintiff contends that the coroner does not have the power to make a finding of suicide without holding an inquest and summoning a jury under R.S. 40:40-1 et seq.,

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