Ferrie v. Public Administrator

The Surrogate.

Jeanne Du Lux recently died in this city, leaving a large estate, probably exceeding $100,000 in value. John P. Ferrié has applied for letters of administration, claiming as her son or her nephew, and the Public Administrator and the French Consul intervene in contestation.

The decedent was a native of Pau, Province of Bearn, in France, and was born Hovember 24th, 1777, being the daughter of John Icard and Magdalene Riviére. Her mother was first married to Antoine Dezeille, by whom she had a son, named Benoit.

By her second marriage, she had Jeanne, and a son named Paul Alexis.…