Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
WIDOW BENEFITS
IN De BEVO|SE WILL
Two CodiciIs to Document, Not
Valid, Not Admitted to
Probate.

A will and three codicils executed
by Charles r. DeBevoise, the bras
siere manufacturer, who died July 8,
We're offered for probate In the sur
rogate's office today. The will and
one of the codicils were admitted,
while the two remaining codicils were
denied probate because they were IL
legally drawn. Mr.. DeBevoise's per-
sonal estate. consisting principally Of
his share in the Charles b. DeBevoise
Company. at Plane and Academy
streets, amounts to about $50. 900.
Although two of the codicils were
denied probate. the disposition of the
estate is practically the same as
Trough they We're admitted. The
widow, Mrs. Jennie E. DeBeyoise, of
lSS Roseville avenue, will get all but
a very small part of the estate. That
part will go to a son born after the
execution of the will in 1898.
Mr.. DeBevoise made his viii in
October, 1898, without filling in the
date on the instrument, but this did
not affect its validity. On January 20.
1903, he made the first codicil and in
1t appointed his wife executrix, in
stead of William. M. Purdy, whom he
named in the original instrument.
This codicil was defective because 1t
" as w ibHCSStu ny Oliy OUS pCTSpIl anu
the law requires that 1t should have
two witnesses.
The second codicil dated January
Is, 1918, bequeathed to his widow
forty-four shares of the Charles r..
DeBevoise Company and was also
signed by only one witness. Even If
the codicil were good, it would have
no effect on the will, because that
instrument gave everything to the
widow anyway. The testator evil
IDENTIFY believed the will applied only
to his property at the time it was
executed, and as he had acquired the
stock subsequently he thought it
proper to bequeath 1t by an addition
to the original document.
The third codicil and the only one
admitted to probate was made June
%, 1918, and in it the testator gave
his wife 1,124 shares of stock in the
Charles r. DeBeyoise Company This
codicil was witnessed by the two re-
qIired persons In none of the instru-
mentS was any mention made of the
two sons of the testator
The law provides. however, that
children born after the execution of a
will and not disinherited by the terms
of the will are entitled to share In
the personal estate as though their
parent u1ed without a Will, Lnat Is,
they are entitled to a two thirds
share of the personal estate. One son,
Herbert r., was born after the will
was made. The third codicil giving
the widow the stock of the DeBevoise
Company, however, was made after
the birth of both of the sons, and so
neither OF them is entitled to any Of
that stock But Herbert r. DeBe-
voise, the son born after the execu-
ton of his fathers will, is entitled by
Law to the two-thirds share OF the
remainder of the personal estate, that
was not given away by the last codi-
Gil. said to be about $1,000.
The other son, Charles Richmond
DeBevoise. born before the execu-
ton of the will, gets no share in
the estate.
William M. Purdy, who was ap-
pointed executor, renowned the ex-
ecutorship and letters of adminlstra-
ton with the will annexed were
granted to Mrs. DeBevoise.
Mr.. DeBevoise was the founder
Of the brassiere industry In this coun-
try and his plant here was one OF
the largest in the United States. He
started in business in a small way
in 1890 and by his efforts built w
the business which at his death gave
employment to many hundreds Of
men and women.