In re the Estate of Sidman

Wingate, S,

It is an unfortunate fact that many of the most acrimonious controversies presented to the courts for adjudication involve members of a family and concern themselves with their efforts to obtain by almost any means or expedient, the material possessions of one whose hold thereon has become relaxed in death. In their endeavor to secure to the greatest possible extent every unearned dollar which has fallen from the dead hand, it too often happens that every tie of blood and affection is severed, and avarice and greed become the sole activating forces.

A striking demonstration of this…