Industrial Trust Co. v. Dean

This is an appeal by the executor and trustee under the will of John M. Dean, late of the city of Cranston, deceased, from a decree of the probate court of that city granting the petition of his widow, Annie P. Dean, for a reasonable allowance out of his estate for the support of his family, which consisted of his wife and two children, for the first period of six months after his death, and fixing the amount at $1800. The ground of appeal, which was filed in the superior court and which is now relied upon, is that the decision embodied in the decree was against the law.

The case was heard de…