In Re Estate of Humphrey

This controversy concerns a claim against the estate of John E. Humphrey, deceased, based upon two promissory notes for $7,000 and $3,000, respectively. Claimants are the two unmarried sisters of decedent, and at the time of the trial were aged 68 and 61 years, respectively. The family was Welsh, having moved to this country a few years after the birth of Winifred, the elder of the claimants. However, they continued to speak and write the Welsh language among themselves so that claimants never did acquire á perfect understanding and ability to use English. At the death of their father, Edward…