Ferden v. Davenport

Title in this casé is claimed under an assignment by the probate court to Annie E. Smith as statutory heir of one Daniel Smith late of Sudbury. Daniel Smith died testate, seized of this estate, devising it 'specifically to certain beneficiaries for life, with remainder to the heirs of two of them in fee. The widow waived the will, claimed the portion of his estate to which she would have been entitled if he had died intestate, filed a petition under the provisions of P. S. Chap. 124 alleging that the deceased left no issue living and praying for an assignment of his real estate in fee to an…