Succession of Lynch

The decedent, James Lynch, with his wife, Margaret Lynch, and their child, Julia, were lost on the steamship Artie, on the 27th of September, 1854.

The administrator of the estate of James Lynch having filed an account, Jeremiah Barrett filed an opposition to it, claiming to be placed thereon as heir of Margaret Lynch, alleging that he was the nearest surviving relative, being her brother ; that in fact, and by presumption of law, the wife survived her child, and that therefore, the opponent as such nearest of kin, is entitled to one-half of the net proceeds of the succession, his deceased…