Prescott v. Carr
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Appeal from the decree of the judge, of probate of this county. The following facts were agreed upon by the parties. Thomas Babb, the deceased, died at Meredith, in this county, on the 22d day of October, 1851, intestate, of age, unmarried, without issue, and leaving personal estate not derived by inheritance or descent, appraised at $13,239,13. Administration was granted to John Carr, November 18th, 1851. The father of the deceased was Thomas Babb, who died in 1808, and his…
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Appeal from the decree of the judge, of probate of this county. The following facts were agreed upon by the parties. Thomas Babb, the deceased, died at Meredith, in this county, on the 22d day of October, 1851, intestate, of age, unmarried, without issue, and leaving personal estate not derived by inheritance or descent, appraised at $13,239,13. Administration was granted to John Carr, November 18th, 1851. The father of the deceased was Thomas Babb, who died in 1808, and his mother was Sarah Babb, who died March 8th, 1852. Thomas Babb, senior, was twice married; first, to Elizabeth Wallace,…
1Opinion of the CourtEastman, J.
The deceased, Thomas Babb, jr., died intestate, of age, unmarried, without issue, and without a father living, leaving personal property not derived by descent or devise. He had, at the time of' his death, the following heirs, who, according to our statute, were in the same line of inheritance, viz: his mother, Sarah Babb, his own brother and sister, James and Amelia Babb, and two nephews, Thomas B. and Artemas Carr, children of another sister, Priscilla Carr, deceased.
He had, also, at the time of his death, the following nephews and neices, viz; True McCIary and Lucy M. Prescott, Elizabeth…
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