In re the Estate of Horn

Feely, S.

The petitioner seeks to collect from the estate of a married woman, in the hands of her husband as administrator, a bill of $578 for the expenses of her funeral. Her personal property consisted of a bank deposit of $153.80, and $91 realized from the sale of her beauty-shop equipment. She also was the record owner of an equity in a lot and house in the suburbs of Rochester, which was the home of this couple. It was assessed for $3,000, carrying a first or bank mortgage of $2,000, and a second mortgage of $1,400, held by her husband. This equity has little or no present value. The…