Schaefer v. Holmes

Frederick T. Currie, his wife, Annie H. Currie, and their only child, Dorothy Currie, then about twenty-four years of age, all of Boston, lost their lives in a common disaster as a result of the capsizing of a power boat, the “Pirate,” in which they were cruising. In the settlement of their estates the order in which they died was important and that question was raised by three petitions in the Probate Court — a petition by the administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Mr. Currie for partial distribution, a petition by William J. Holmes as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Currie…