Mellier's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

June 30, 1933:

On June 2, 1930, Amadee Augustus Mellier died, leaving two adult children, born of a first wife who had predeceased him, a widow and a putative “widow” whose relationship with him had begun during the lifetime of the first wife. This supposed widow, known as Mrs. Harold Wallace, or as Mrs. Jeanette P. Wallace, took out letters of administration on June 5, 1930. Her right to these was challenged by the second wife and the children. Negotiations concerning her status were carried on for approximately four months and ended on September 24, 1930, in an…