Robbins v. Smith
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Hamilton county. The cause out of which the present contention grows was tried in the common pleas of Hamilton on an amended and supplemental petition filed by the plaintiffs in error, Harriet C. Robbins and Gertrude Gordon, daughters of Edward Harwood, deceased, against Amor Smith, Jr., administrator de bonis non with the will annexed.of the estate of said deceased, and certain of the heirs, to obtain a judgment and decree that plaintiffs are…
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Error to the Circuit Court of Hamilton county. The cause out of which the present contention grows was tried in the common pleas of Hamilton on an amended and supplemental petition filed by the plaintiffs in error, Harriet C. Robbins and Gertrude Gordon, daughters of Edward Harwood, deceased, against Amor Smith, Jr., administrator de bonis non with the will annexed.of the estate of said deceased, and certain of the heirs, to obtain a judgment and decree that plaintiffs are each entitled absolutely to one:third of the remainder of the estate left by the will of said deceased, now under the…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
Edward Harwood died testate October 15, 1875, and his will was probated shortly after. *8That instrument gave one-third of his estate to his wife absolutely, the remaining two-thirds being disposed of for the benefit of his three daughters, Adaline C. French and the plaintiffs, Harriet C. Robbins and Gertrude Gordon, in equal shares. The wife deceased before the testator, and the third given her has been disposed of and does not enter into the present controversy. The estate consisted of an interest in a manufacturing firm in Cincinnati and of several parcels of real estate, its value being…
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