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Letter to Editor
May 13, 1820
Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
A reader critiques two prior solutions to an English inheritance puzzle in the newspaper and proposes an alternative: the son receives 7500, with the widow and daughter each getting 3750, totaling 15,000, to align with the testator's intentions of relative shares.
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TO THE EDITORS
Gentlemen: I have observed two attempts in your paper to solve the "law question" which is said to have occurred in England, neither of which is, in my opinion, satisfactory; at least, as plausible reasons may be given for a different distribution of the estate of the deceased. It appears to have been the intention of the testator that his son should receive twice as much as his widow, and that his widow should receive twice as much as his daughter, in the event of but one child's being born; but it also appears that, if the child be a son, he was to receive twice as much as would be given in the event of the child's being a daughter. It is fair, then, to place the portions of the mother and daughter on an equal footing, as they appear to have stood in an equal degree of estimation with the deceased in relation to his son. If this position be correct, the allotment will be,
To the son, 7500
the widow, 3750
the daughter, 3750
15,000
ENQUIRER.
Gentlemen: I have observed two attempts in your paper to solve the "law question" which is said to have occurred in England, neither of which is, in my opinion, satisfactory; at least, as plausible reasons may be given for a different distribution of the estate of the deceased. It appears to have been the intention of the testator that his son should receive twice as much as his widow, and that his widow should receive twice as much as his daughter, in the event of but one child's being born; but it also appears that, if the child be a son, he was to receive twice as much as would be given in the event of the child's being a daughter. It is fair, then, to place the portions of the mother and daughter on an equal footing, as they appear to have stood in an equal degree of estimation with the deceased in relation to his son. If this position be correct, the allotment will be,
To the son, 7500
the widow, 3750
the daughter, 3750
15,000
ENQUIRER.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Persuasive
What keywords are associated?
Inheritance Puzzle
Estate Distribution
Testator Intention
Widow Share
Daughter Share
Son Inheritance
Legal Question
What entities or persons were involved?
Enquirer.
The Editors
Letter to Editor Details
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Main Argument
the estate should be distributed as: son 7500, widow 3750, daughter 3750, totaling 15,000, placing mother and daughter on equal footing relative to the son per the testator's intentions.
Notable Details
Critiques Two Prior Unsatisfactory Solutions
References Testator's Intentions For Relative Shares Based On Child's Gender