State v. Barnard
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Michael Donlan, Judge. Proceeding by the state in its own behalf and that of the State Orphans’ Home to have ascertained and declared the rights of all persons entitled to share in the distribution of the estate of Josiah F. Beck, deceased. From the decree Agnes Beck, widow of deceased, the state, the State Orphans’ Home, and others appealed.
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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Michael Donlan, Judge. Proceeding by the state in its own behalf and that of the State Orphans’ Home to have ascertained and declared the rights of all persons entitled to share in the distribution of the estate of Josiah F. Beck, deceased. From the decree Agnes Beck, widow of deceased, the state, the State Orphans’ Home, and others appealed. The State Orphans’ Home is a state institution, a mere agency of the state by means of which the state exercises its powers and discharges its duties through its state officials; it has neither corporate…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
Josiah F. Beck died in Silver Bow county on April 28, 1909, leaving an estate consisting of real and personal property of the value approximately of $80,000. He left surviving him a widow, Agnes Beck, several nephews and nieces and the children of a deceased niece. By his will dated March 8, 1899, he gave to the widow the family home in the city of Butte, together with the household furniture, and the sum of $10,000 to be paid to her at the discretion of his executors, from time to time as her necessities might require. Among the other bequests made by the testator are the following: “To…
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