Latham v. Mullen

This is a petition for leave to take an .appeal from a decree of the probate court of the City of Pawtucket appointing Patrick J. H. Mullen as administrator upon the estate of James McKeown, late of said Pawtucket, deceased, on the ground that the petitioner failed to take her appeal within the time prescribed by law through accident, mistake or unforeseen cause.

James McKeown, a resident of Pawtucket, died in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 25, 1913. He was twice married but was at the time of his death a widower and without issue. He left as heirs-at-law, a sister, Mrs. Latham, the…