Culbertson's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

Priscilla B. Culbertson, a widow, died on August 14, 1917, leaving to survive her several adult children, as well as two grandchildren, with all of whom her relations were friendly. Her husband had died in 1907, leaving a will dated 1901, not probated, but preserved among her papers. After her death, a most careful search was made by the children to discover any writing disposing of her estate, and particularly in the contents of a bureau where her personal effects were usually kept. None was found, and, as a result, letters of administration were granted on…