Copenhaver v. Copenhaver

The action arose in the Probate Court of Lincoln County, on motion of the administrator to distribute $10,000 among the heirs of Jacob Copenhaver, deceased. The agreed statement of facts is as follows, to wit: —

“In the matter of the distribution of the estate of Jacob Copenhaver, deceased.

“It is agreed by the distributees in the above entitled matter, that Jacob Copenhaver died in February, 1878, possessed of a large amount of l’eal and personal property, leaving no children or their descendants, nor father, mother, brothers, or sisters living, but left as his only heirs at law thirty-two…