In re Estate of Swales
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Joseph Gr. Swales, as administrator, etc., of William H. Swales, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the Bounty of Wayne, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 17th day ■of September, 1900, adjudging, “ First.
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Appeal by Joseph Gr. Swales, as administrator, etc., of William H. Swales, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the Bounty of Wayne, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 17th day ■of September, 1900, adjudging, “ First. That the petitioner, Mary E. Swales, known as Mary E. Trowbridge, and said decedent, William H. Swales, in this State, continued to be man and wife from the time of their marriage until the death of said decedent; that she is now the widow of said William H. Swales, and as such widow is entitled to administer the estate of said William H. Swales, deceased. “…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, P. J.:
There is little, if any, dispute respecting, the essential facts of this case, which, briefly stated, are these:
The petitioner and the decedent, William H. Swales, intermarried at the town of Sodus in this State on the 3d day of May, 1869, and continued to live in that town and to cohabit as husband and wife until about December, 1873, when a separation took place which continued until the death of the husband as hereinafter stated.
In the year 1883 the petitioner obtained a decree of divorce from her husband in the State of Illinois, which purported to absolutely dissolve the…
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