In re Dorsey

Many years ago the deceased became estranged from his wife and children. Since about twenty-four years ago Catherine McCormick, unwedded, has lived with the deceased, caring for his home and helping him in his business. While his home was in Saratoga Springs, he died in Long Island City, where he had gone for an operation. He was buried in Saratoga Springs. Catherine McCormick contracted and paid his funeral expenses; without counsel and innocently she took possession of his property, sold the stock of groceries in his little store, an ice box and a few articles of furniture, from which sales…