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IN RE ESTATE OF WATSON

35 N.J. 402 (1961)

173 A.2d 266

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BELINDA WATSON, DECEASED. EVELYN A. MACE, NEXT OF KIN OF BELINDA WATSON, DECEASED, AND WILLIAM E. DECKER, ADMINISTRATOR c.t.a. OF THE WILL OF BELINDA WATSON, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. JOSEPH KEANE, GENERAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF BELINDA WATSON, DECEASED, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT, AND FRANK J. DOYLE AND JOHN DREWEN, CO-ADMINISTRATORS, ETC., BY APPOINTMENT OF COURT, RESPONDENTS. JOSEPH KEANE, GENERAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF BELINDA WATSON, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. FRANK J. DOYLE AND JOHN DREWEN, CO-ADMINISTRATORS, BY APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNTY COURT, PROBATE DIVISION, ET ALS., RESPONDENTS, AND WILLIAM E. DECKER, ADMINISTRATOR, ETC., ET ALS., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 30, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James D. Carpenter argued the cause for appellants-respondents Evelyn A. Mace and William E. Decker (Mr. John D. McMaster, attorney; Messrs. Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, of counsel; Mr. John C. Heavey, Jr., on the brief).

Mr. Prospero De Bona argued the cause for respondent-appellant Joseph Keane (Mr. John B. O'Neill, on the brief).

Mr. John Drewen argued the cause for respondents Frank J. Doyle and John Drewen.

The opinion of the court was delivered by JACOBS, J.

The decedent Belinda Watson was a widow who lived for many years in Jersey City and died on July 4, 1960 at the age of 86. For some time before her death she was at a nursing home in Madison and her neighbor Frank J. Doyle handled her affairs such as the receipt and delivery of her mail and the deposit of her dividend checks. When in June 1960 Mrs. Watson told Mr. Doyle that she wanted him and his wife to have her...

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