In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of First Trust & Deposit Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtEdgcomb, J.
On this appeal we are called upon to determine who inherits the personal estate of the decedent, Marie Effie Pratt. If the respondent, Benjamin W. Jones, was her lawful husband at the time of her death, he is entitled to it; otherwise it descends to the appellants, Esther B. Mooney and Doris E. Mooney, next of kin of Charles E. Pratt, a late husband of decedent, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 16 of section 98 of the Decedent Estate Law,* as it stood on March 17, 1929, the date of her death.
*202On April 26, 1910, decedent and Mr. Jones were married by an Episcopal clergyman. The union…
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