Gaines v. Estate of Strong
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from a decree of the probate court for the district of New Haven, Addison County, in the distribution of the estate of Samuel P. Strong, which was tried in the county court upon an agreed case which is stated in full in the opinion of the court. The county court, at the December Term, 1865, Addison county, Everts, Asst. J., presiding, rendered judgment, pro forma, affirming said decree with costs. Exceptions by the appellants.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kellogg, J.
The late General Samuel P. Strong, of Vergennes, died intestate on the 18th day of February, 1864, leaving a widow, but no kindred in the direct line, either ascending or descending. *355There survived him one sister, and several nephews and nieces, the children of two other sisters who had died in his lifetime, and also several grand-children of these deceased sisters, among whom are the two appellants, who are children of a daughter of one of these deceased sisters. The mother of the appellants survived her mother, but died in the lifetime of…
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