Putnam v. Robertson

delivered the opinion of the Court.. J. Gr. Putnam made his will in January, 1895, and died in January, 1899. He had two children horn to him, a son, John W. Putnam, and a daughter, Mary Robertson. The son died before the will was written, and about seven years prior to the death of the testator. He left several children. Mrs. Robertson survived her father, and then died leaving sundry children. The testator left a widow, Kate E. Putnam, his second wife. She survived the daughter, and died in the early part of the year 1917, without having married again. The controversy in the case before us…