Bussom v. Forsyth

The Ordinary.

The sole question involved in this ease is as to the right of Rachel A. Bussom to a distributive share of the personal estate of her grandfather John Jones. She is the daughter and only child of Mary Burtis, deceased, who was the wife of Abner L. Burtis. Mary Burtis was the daughter of John Jones and his wife, Ann, whose maiden name was Hopkins. John Jones died October 9th, 1874. His daughter Mary was born March 30th, 1823, and died April 1st, 1851. She was the oldest child of her parents. The claim of Mrs. Bussom is resisted on the ground that her mother was of illegitimate…