CRAWFORD v. WIDETT

No. 4439.

100 N.H. 115 (1956)

WALTER L. CRAWFORD, Ex'r v. IRVING WIDETT, Conservator.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided March 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grinnell & Grinnell (Mr. George H. Grinnell orally), for the plaintiff.

McLane, Carleton, Graf, Greene & Brown and Lawrence E. Spellman (Mr. Spellman orally), for the defendant.


KENISON, C. J.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether a conservator appointed under the laws of the State of New Hampshire may, for his ward, make a valid election to waive the provisions made for her in her husband's will and to take for her the distributive share of his estate allowed by law. The powers conferred upon conservators are defined in the following statutes:

"RSA 464:17. APPOINTMENT FOR PERSONS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING OWN AFFAIRS...

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