Legal Opinion
In Re Houghton Estate
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided January 31, 1974No. 6562PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuncan, J.
Certification of a question of law by the Cheshire County Probate Court (Lichman, J.). RSA 547:30. Dorothy Morgan Houghton died testate November 12, 1971. Her will, admitted to probate on November 19, 1971, left her estate in equal shares to her three adult sons, Clarence, Charles and Robert. Clarence, as executor petitioned the probate court for instructions as to the proper disposition of a claim for $15,817.62 made by the State of New Hampshire under RSA 8:41-a (Supp. 1972) for expenses incurred in the care and treatment of Robert as a patient at the New Hampshire Hospital during the…
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