Hanley v. Wadleigh

The statute (P. L., c. 299, s. 18) enacts that the probate court “may appoint an administrator upon the estate of a person who has left his home, and has not been hoard of or from, directly or indirectly, for one year and whom he believes to be dead, . . .; but no distribution of his estate shall be made until five years” after the appointment. The act, including another section of it relating to notice, is entitled Administration on Estate of Person Not Heard of. The original statute (Laws 1872, c. 22) was entitled an act relating to the appointment of administrators to protect and care for…