In re the Estate of Lawson

Wingate, S.

The present application for revocation of the letters of administration which were heretofore granted to the widower is predicated on the alleged fact that he comes within the description of subdivision (c) of section 87 of the Decedent Estate Law as “ a husband who has neglected or refused to provide for his wife, or who has abandoned her,” and is for that reason debarred from sharing in the distribution of her estate, and that under section 118 of the Surrogate’s Court Act letters of adminis*903tration are to be granted only to “ persons entitled to take or share in the personal…