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MATTER OF ESTATE OF SMITH

467 A.2d 1274 (1983)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Edward S. SMITH, Deceased.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: October 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan T. Boyd of Bayard, Brill & Handelman, Wilmington, for petitioners Bernhardt C. Smith, Beatrice S. Peters and Nancy S. Longacre.

John R. Weaver, Jr. of Keith & Koffenberger, Wilmington, for respondent Helen B. Boyce, Individually, and as the Executrix of the Estate of C. Harvey Boyce.

Thomas Herlihy, III of Herlihy, Herlihy & Harker, Wilmington, for respondent Katherine E. Beeson.

DECISION UPON PETITION FOR DECREE OF DISTRIBUTION

BROWN, Chancellor.

This is a Register of Wills matter in which a petition for a decree of distribution has been filed pursuant to 12 Del.C. § 2331, et seq. The petition seeks a determination of the heirs of the decedent, Edward S. Smith, who are entitled to take his intestate estate. The ultimate purpose, of course, is to determine the identity of those persons to whom the estate of Edward S....

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