In Re Devine's Estate

Frank V. Devine, age 67 and single, died intes tate August 25, 1962. His brothers, John Devine and Bernard Devine, were promptly appointed administrators of his estate. On September 17, 1962, Francis Frederick Harris filed a verified application asking that he be adjudged the natural son and sole heir of decedent, and that the administrators be removed and a new one appointed. The administrators resisted the application and the case was tried before the court without a jury and judgment was rendered denying applicant relief, for the reason that he failed to prove that he was the decedent’s…