The evening world., 1895-04-27
TALKS WITH THE LAWYER.
Complications That Follow Death
When There IL Estate Left.

To the Editor:
II parents are dead. and the oldest child 10 Of
age and married. can he claim the deeds. &C.
OF lot In eemstsryf Can an uncle aunt
hold contest same1 J. W. C.
The lot, IL 1t was owned by either of
the parents, belongs to the children.
whether of age or not. and neither uncle
nor aunt has any claim upon 1t.
Can claim moneys left by my nrst husbands
mother' l am married the second time l have
no children living, and all Of her children
dead. Her nearest relative is q nrst cousin.
II. c.
II your children by your first husband
died before their grandmother you can
not. But II either Of your children sur
vived her that child. as her next Of kin.
through your child i. nov now Belongs 10 YOU. I
Money was left 70 seven children by will. Three
who wsrs,of age received their full shares OF
the remainder one-hslf was rut .nto tho hands OF
. guardian to keep until The other children
reached their majority. The Jhor halt was
given to my father. who now claims he need no,
give me any money. am one Of four. am nearly
Of age. What shall I do to get my money! r.
Fist. go to the Office of the Surrogate
where the will was probated and ascer-
tdih tuo leAIIIS VI TIE Will ana all Ine
facts. including the accountings, II any,
and the guardianship proceedings. Then
II you find that anybody has custody
OF money belonging to you. you can
proceed against them
man owning real estate dies without making
. will, leaving . wife and child Can the hus-
bands relatives mother. sister and brothers,
claim . share. or doe. the wife and child come
In for all the propertyi GRACE.
l. No. 2. They do.
Amsn who died. leaving widow and two children
was member In good standing Of . bsnent So
ciety. whereby his widow was entitled to $780,
The society refuses to pay. claiming the man was
over forty-nve. the age limit. when he Joined
He was proposed for membership by . friend.
who is also dead Do you think the society
could bs forced to pay his widow at least the
amount Of money he paid In for dues and A.
ssssmsnts OF can sh' claim nothing whatever?
EVENING READER
1t depends largely upon the rules and
bylaws Of the society and the facts
connected with the admission OF the de-
ceased to membership. 1t has been held
that an association knowing that GER
tain statements In an application for
membership are false. II 1t continues to
will not be permitted afterwards to de-
clare the benefit forfeited for this
reason.
II . will goes through the surogate's once
satisfactorily, can 1t be contested seven years
afsrwards: READER
Yes. any person interested. who during
the seven years was under disability,
such as being under the age Of twenty
one. insane or imprisoned on criminal
charge, may apply to revoke the pro-
bate.
A man died twenty years ago without q
will. and leaving a widow. but no children. He
owned house and lots valued At that time at
less than 2.OO0. His widow has lived In this
house ever since Wishing to sell the property.
which has doubled in value. she would like to
know II her husbands brothers widow could take
two-thirds and II not. what can she claim?
WIDOWS FRIEND.
The brothers widow has no legal claim
upon this property. The present holder
is entitled to her dover right during her
life, and then the property goes to her
husbands heirs. She had better not sell
at present, as she can give no title
unless the heirs join in the deed. If sne
holds 1t a little longer as owner she
may establish a title In herself by what
is termed adverse possession"
man signs a will before the witnesses enter