Wilson v. Wilson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

Samuel Wilson died in 1866, possessed of a considerable estate. He left a surviving widow in community and six heirs — the issue of his marriage with. Eliza Jane Caldwell (widow aforesaid) .

His succession was opened and his will probated. This will named his wife and his eldest son executors. It made the same disposition of his property the law would have made.

There were no debts. Whatever administration there had been of his succession was closed by judgment of the court in July 1873. This judgment recognized his children (all of age) as…