Estate of Walker

Cornelius Walker died, intestate, on November 20, 1913. Mabel A. Nason, Ms daughter, applied for letters of administration upon Ms estate, claiming to be Ms sole heir. Mabel E. Walker, the widow of the deceased, also applied for letters. The two applications were heard together, and the court thereupon made an order grantmg letters to the daughter and denying the application of the widow. From this order the widow appeals. ' •

Mabel A. Nason was the daughter of the decedent by a former marriage and was not the daughter of Mabel E. Walker. The case turns on the right of the widow to succeed to…