Barton v. King

The record shows that William B. Barton died in 1862, without children, leaving his wife Martha, who had since intermarried with Richard M. King, and appellants, his brothers and sisters, his heirs-at-law. That by his will he bequeathed a considerable portion of his estate to certain religious and charitable associations, and “the balance after the payment' of his just debts he gave to his wife.”

The bequests to the religious and charitable associations, in the year 1863, in a proceeding before the Probate Court of Monroe county, were adjudged and decreed to be null and void, which decree…