Harding v. Townsend

This is a petition by the one named as executor of an instrument offered for probate as the last will of Kate A. Gould, deceased, praying for leave to amend his petition for proof of said will by striking out the names of the persons therein described as heirs at law and next of ldn of the decedent (hereafter called the respondents) and by inserting the names of other persons as such heirs at law and next of kin. The petition was denied. The petitioner appealed.

The contention of the petitioner is that the respondents are not heirs at law and next of kin of the decedent for the reason that…