Mathes v. Bennett
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Appeal from the decree of the judge of probate, upon the account of Catharine Bennett, the administratrix and formerly the widow of Joseph Stevens, deceased, who died in March, 1816. The case was referred to H. F. French, Esq., as auditor, from whose report the following facts appeared.
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Appeal from the decree of the judge of probate, upon the account of Catharine Bennett, the administratrix and formerly the widow of Joseph Stevens, deceased, who died in March, 1816. The case was referred to H. F. French, Esq., as auditor, from whose report the following facts appeared. Joseph Stevens left one child and heir at law, Lydia Ann ; who was born on the 11th day of March, 1811. She married Reuben Mathes, the appellant, on the 11th day of December, 1881, and died in the year 1844. Her mother, Mrs. Bennett, was appointed her guardian on the 25th day of November, 1817. The appeal was…
1Opinion of the CourtGilchrist, C. J.
Joseph Stevens died in March, 1816. He left one child and heir at law, Lydia Ann, born on the 11th of March, 1811. His widow Catharine, now Mrs. Bennett, was *198married in the Spring of 1820, and was appointed administratrix on the 23d of April, 1816, and guardian of Lydia Ann on the 25th of November, 1817. Lydia Ann married Mathes on the 11th of December, 1831, and died in 1844.
The administratrix returned an inventory of Joseph Stevens’s estate as follows:
Real Estate 1,777.00 ' Cash 18.00
Personal Estate 754.96 of which there was in notes the sum of 219.08
$2531.96 $237.08
She rendered one account…
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