Danby v. Dawes
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. This was an appeal from the probate court appointing an administrator on the estate of Joseph Dawes, deceased. The appellant alleges, among other reasons for the appeal, that sufficient facts were not alleged in the petition for appointment, and that sufficient facts did not exist to authorize the granting of administration.
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On exceptions. This was an appeal from the probate court appointing an administrator on the estate of Joseph Dawes, deceased. The appellant alleges, among other reasons for the appeal, that sufficient facts were not alleged in the petition for appointment, and that sufficient facts did not exist to authorize the granting of administration. The presiding justice, in this court, found that sufficient facts did exist, and ruled that administration could lawfully be granted in the present proceeding, and passed a decree affirming the appointment of an administrator by the probate court. Appellant…
1Opinion of the CourtPetebs, C. J.
A petition 'was filed in the probate court, asking the appointment of an administrator on the estate of Joseph Dawes, alleging that he “died intestate, possessed of goods remaining to be administered, leaving no widow.” The question presented by the exceptions is whether, under such a petition, an administration can be legally granted. The appellant contends that the petition on its face -fails to show that the judge had jurisdiction, because it does not aver either that the intestate died possessed of personal property of the value of at least twenty *32dollars, or that he owed debts of that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- EddsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
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