THE

AMERICAN PROBATE REPORTS:

CONTAINING

RECENT CASES OF GENERAL VALUE DECIDED IN
THE COURTS OF THE SEVERAL STATES

ON POINTS OF PROBATE LAW.

WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES.

BY

A. A. GREENHOOT,

OF THE NEW YORK BAR.

'VOL. VIII.

STANFORD

NEW YORK:

BAKER, VOORHIS & COMPANY,

1896.

COPYRIGHT, .1896,

BY BAKER, VOORHIS & CO.,

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TABLE OF CASES

REPORTED IN THIS VOLUME.

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ACKERSON v. ORCHARD, (7 Wash. 377).
ADMINISTRATION.-JURISDICTION.-SALE OF LANDS.--PETITION.

NOTICE.-CURATIVE ACTS.

ADAMS v. ADAMS, (154 Mass. 290)

LEGITIMATION OF CHILD BY MARRIAGE OF PARENTS.-ILLEGAL-
ITY OF MARRIAGE.- VOID DIVORCE.-CONFLICT OF LAWS.

ANGELL v. SPRINGFIELD HOME FOR AGED WOMEN,
(157 Mass. 241)
BEQUEST OF BANK STOCK.-INCOME.-USE OF HOMESTEAD AND
FURNITURE.-RESIDUARY CLAUSE.

525

1

321

BARNEY V. HAYS, (11 Mont. 99)

19

PROBATE-REJECTED WILL WITH CODICIL.-DEMURRER TO AN

SWER.

BATEMAN V. REITLER, (19 Colo. 547)

SALE OF LAND.-PETITION.-SUFFICIENCY.-CONCLUSIVENESS

OF FINDING,

598

BLYTHE V. AYERS,

(102 Cal. 254)

HEIRSHIP. PROCEEDING TO DETERMINE.-APPEAL.
CIENCY OF EVIDENCE.-CONFLICT OF LAWS.-FINDING.

BRAITHWAITE v. HARVEY, (14 Mont. 208)

493

- SUFFI

ADMINISTRATORS.-FOREIGN JUDGMENT. -LIMITATION OF AC

TIONS.

BROMLEY V. MITCHELL, (155 Mass. 509)

DEED OR WILL.-TRUSTS.-ACTIONS.

229

BYERS v. MCAULEY, (149 U. S. 608)

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ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES. - JURISDICTION OF

COURT.-DECLARATION OF TRUST.-NEXT OF KIN.

FOREIGN EXECUTORS.-CONVEYANCES.-CONSTITUTIONALITY OF

LAW.-AUTHENTICATION OF FOREIGN WILL.

COLUMBUS WATCH Co. v. HODENPYL, (135 N. Y. 430)

ATTACK ON JUDGMENT.-EXECUTORS CONTINUING BUSINESS.-

EXECUTORS.

316

COSGROVE v. PITMAN, (103 Cal. 268)

530

ADMINISTRATRIX.-EFFECT OF MARRIAGE.-MASTER AND SER-

VANT. INCOMPETENCY OF FELLOW SERVANT.-HABITS.

POWER OF APPOINTMENT -EXECUTION BY GENERAL BEQUEST.

CONFLICT OF LAWS.-INTENT.

Cox v. WILLS, (49 N. J. Eq. 573)

TRUST.-FOR MAINTENANCE.-COMMINGLING FUNDS.-COSTS.

CULP v. LEE, (109 N. C. 675)

128

DEVISE TO CHILDREN. -PER CAPITA. - POST NATUS CHILD.

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COMPROMISE BY GUARDIAN.-REMEDIES.-LIMITATIONS.

DICKISON V. DICKISON, (138 Ill. 54)

92

WORDS OF EXCLUSION.-RESIDUARY DEVISE.

EVANS' ESTATE, (155 Penn. St. 646)

390

REMAINDER TO HEIRS AT LAW.- VESTED OR CONTINGENT, —

COSTS ON DISTRIBUTION.

FAHNESTOCK v. FAHNESTOCK,

(152 Penn. St. 56).

343

POWER OF SALE.-DIRECTION.-EQUITABLE CONVERSION.-EXE-

PERSONALTY.-REMOVAL OF EXECUTOR.-RES JUDICATA.—AT-

TORNEY'S FEES.