Succession of Theurer

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Manning, J.

The first wife of R. F. Theurer died in 1869 leaving a son sole issue of her marriage. The only asset of her succession was her share of the community, and the inventory shewing the appraised *511value thereof to be $37,897.81, oiie-half of that sum was certified, by the clerk as the appraised value of the minor’s property. The property consisted of a stock of goods appraised at $24,897.31 and the residue was the appraisement of the real estate. No mention of debts appeared on the inventory. Shortly after the wife’s death the husband applied for…