Succession of Curtis

Mrs. Harriet M. Curtis died, leaving an estate consisting of real and personal property. An alleged will was probated, but it was successfully attacked. A suit was then filed in which the title to two pieces of real estate was- involved, both of which were finally decreed to belong to the succession, and the present suit for a partition of the estate' followed. The real issue in this case is whether Mrs. Elizabeth M. Ryder, deceased, was the legitimate daughter of the late Mrs. Harriet M. Curtis.

The admitted facts are that Harriet M. Curtis was married to Michael F. Rogers, and the sole issue…