Kingman v. Kingman
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Appeal, from the decree of the judge of probate of this county, whereby there was allowed to Mary P. Kingman, the widow of John Kingman, deceased, for her present support, the sum of $1250. The parties agree to the following facts: John Kingman, the husband of the appellee, died intestate, May 31,1854, and an administrator on his estate was appointed on the 6th day of June following.
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Appeal, from the decree of the judge of probate of this county, whereby there was allowed to Mary P. Kingman, the widow of John Kingman, deceased, for her present support, the sum of $1250. The parties agree to the following facts: John Kingman, the husband of the appellee, died intestate, May 31,1854, and an administrator on his estate was appointed on the 6th day of June following. The appraisal of his estate was as follows: Stock in banks and in Boston and Maine Rail- road, ...................................$12,738 00 Promissory notes,........................... 400 00 Other personal…
1Opinion of the CourtEastman, J.
The provisions of the statute under which this allowance was made are as follows: “ The judge of probate may make to the widow of any person deceased, intestate or testate, the widow not being mentioned in such deceased person’s will, a reasonable allowance, out of the personal estate, for her present support; and in the decree of distribution of the estate, the whole, or such part thereof as the judge may deem reasonable, shall be accounted as part of her share.” Comp. Stat., ch. 175, § 1.
Upon the facts, as presented by the case, two questions arise; first, was the allowance seasonably…
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