Denny v. Denny

Mary Denny filed a claim against the estate of Christopher H. Denny, her late husband, who died testate on the 23d day of May, 1887. The merits of the controversy which ensued may be fully determined by considering the facts specially found by the court. So far as material they show that the testator at various times between the years 1865 and 1874, collected and received from the estates of his wife’s father, brother and grandmother, respectively, sums of money aggregating about $2,600, the money so received being the distributive share of his wife in the respective estates of her ancestors…