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- Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Trusts and Estates Opinions
- Feminist Judgments Series Editors
- Advisory Panel for Feminist Judgments Series
- Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Trusts and Estates Opinions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Advisory Panel for Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Trusts and Estates Opinions
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Cases
- 1 Introduction to the Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Trusts and Estates Opinions Project
- 2 Commentary on In re Strittmater’s Estate
- 3 Commentary on In re Will of Moses
- 4 Commentary on In re Estate of Wilson
- 5 Commentary on O’Neal v. Wilkes
- 6 Commentary on Via v. Putnam
- 7 Commentary on In re Estate of Myers
- 8 Commentary on Egelhoff v. Egelhoff
- 9 Commentary on Drevenik v. Nardone
- 10 Commentary on Reece v. Elliott
- 11 Commentary on Khabbaz v. Commissioner
- 12 Commentary on Karsenty v. Schoukroun
- Index
2 - Commentary on In re Strittmater’s Estate
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 August 2020
- Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Trusts and Estates Opinions
- Feminist Judgments Series Editors
- Advisory Panel for Feminist Judgments Series
- Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Trusts and Estates Opinions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Advisory Panel for Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Trusts and Estates Opinions
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Cases
- 1 Introduction to the Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Trusts and Estates Opinions Project
- 2 Commentary on In re Strittmater’s Estate
- 3 Commentary on In re Will of Moses
- 4 Commentary on In re Estate of Wilson
- 5 Commentary on O’Neal v. Wilkes
- 6 Commentary on Via v. Putnam
- 7 Commentary on In re Estate of Myers
- 8 Commentary on Egelhoff v. Egelhoff
- 9 Commentary on Drevenik v. Nardone
- 10 Commentary on Reece v. Elliott
- 11 Commentary on Khabbaz v. Commissioner
- 12 Commentary on Karsenty v. Schoukroun
- Index
Summary
This is an appeal from a decree of the Prerogative Court reversing the Essex County Orphan’s Court’s decision to probate the last will and testament of Louisa F. Strittmater. The issue is whether a single and eccentric woman, who belonged for nearly twenty years to an organization that works to achieve equal rights for women, lacked testamentary capacity to leave the bulk of her estate to that organization. The appellees – her uncle, two male cousins, and a female cousin – argue that she was governed by insane delusions about men that caused her to disinherit her male relatives. We reverse the Prerogative Court and remand the case for proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
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- Feminist JudgmentsRewritten Trusts and Estates Opinions, pp. 17 - 38Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020