Bury v. Sullivan

This is a petition by the widow of one Daniel J. Sullivan pursuant to Pub. Sts. c. 124, § 3, as amended by St. 1894, c. 170, to have the whole of his real estate set out to her in fee. The husband died in May, 1896, leaving no issue, and, as the only persons interested in his estate, his widow, two brothers and a nephew. He left no personal property of any consequence, but was seised of one parcel of real estate worth at the time of his death and of the hearing in this court, if unincumbered, $8,500. At the time of his death it was subject to a mortgage of $4,100. The petitioner has been in…