New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-11-20
EXTRACTS FROM THE PROBATE CODE.
Administration & Distribution
Of Estates OF orintestates.

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| Sec. 20. When any person dies pos
sessed of any personal estate, or of any
right or interest therein not lawfully
disposed Of by his last will and testa-
ment, the same shall be applied and
distributed as follows:
1. The widow shall be allowed all the
wearing apparel of her deceased hus-
band; his household furniture, to be
selected by her, not exceeding in
value five hundred dollars other per-
sonal property, to be selected by her,
not exceeding five hundred dollars and
such allowance shall be made as well
when the widow receives the provisions
made for her in the will of her husband
IS when he dies intestate.
2. In case there is no widow surviv-
ing, then such allowance shall be made
to the minor children, if any, and be se-
lected by the guardian Of such children.
| 8. The widow or children, or both,
constituting the family of the deceased,
shall have such reasonable allowance
out of the personal estate as the pro-
bate court deems necessary for her or
their maintenance during the progress
of the settlement of the estate according
to her or their circumstances, which. in
the case of an insolvent estate, shall not
be longer than one year after granting
administration, or in any case after the
share of the widow in the residue of the
personal estate mentioned IN subdivision
six of this section, shall have been as
signed to her.
4. If, on the return of the inventory
of any intestate estate, it appears that
the value of the whole estate does not
exceed the sum of one hundred and
fifty dollars in addition to the allowance
made for the widow and children, the
probate court shall by decree for that
purpose, after the payment of the fune-
raj charges and expenses of administra-
ton, assign for the use and support of
the widow or widow and children con.
stituting the family of the deceased, the
whole of such estate.
5. If the personal estate amounts to
more than the allowances mentioned in
this section, the excess thereof shall,
after the payment of the funeral charg-
es and expenses of administration, be
applied to the payment of the debts of
the deceased.
| 6. The residue, if any, of the person
al estate, shall be distributed in the
same proportion and to the same per-
sons and for the same purposes, as pre-
scribed for the descent and disposition
of real estate.
Z. All of the foregoing provisions shall
apply as well to surviving husband as
TO surviving wife.
SEC. II. Administration of the es-
tate of a person dying intestate shall be
granted to one or more of the persons
hereinafter mentioned, and they shall
be respectively entitled to the same in
the following order: @
First. The widow, or next of kin, or
both as the Judge of probate may think
proper, or such person as the widow or
next of kin may request to have ap-
pointed, if suitable and competent to
discharge the trust.
Second. # the widow or next of kin,
or the person selected by them, is un-
suitable or incompetent, or if the widow
or next of kin neglects.. for thirty days
after death of the intestate to apply for
administration, or to request that adj
ministration be granted to some other
person, the same may be granted to
one or more of the principal creditors,
if any such are competent and willing
| to take it.
Sec. y. A petition for letters of ad-
| ministration must be verified and must
show:
l. The jurisdictional facts;
2. The names, ages, and residence
of heirs Of the intestate SO far as known
to the petitioner;
8. The proboble value Of real prop
erty Of the estate and also the probable
value Of real property and its character;
4. The name and address of the per-
son for whom administration is prayed.
No defect Of form or in the statement of
facts contained in the petition shall in
validate the proceedings. ];
| Prof. Loisette'&
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