Excerpt from A Guide to Executors and Administrators: In the Settlement of the Estates of Deceased Persons Within the State of Ohio, to Which Are Prefixed the Provisions of Law Relating to Wills; With Notes of Decisions and Practical Suggestions Since the fourth edition of this work was published, there have been issued eleven volumes of decisions of our Supreme Court and Supreme Court Commission, and seven annual volumes of statutes; and all the laws relating to Procedure before Magistrates, in the Probate, Common Pleas, and Superior Courts, and in District Courts on appeal, including the laws relating to Wills, to Executors and Administrators, and other kindred subjects treated of in this volume, have been codified and the acts relating thereto repealed. The questions settled by these decisions, and especially the additions, omissions, and changes in the laws relating to the subjects above mentioned, have made the thorough revision of this volume imperative; and other engagements having prevented its able author, Judge Raff, from undertaking this revision, the publishers put it into the hands of the present revisor. His aim has been to make accurately such changes as were necessary and desirable under the circumstances and no others; and to do this thoroughly and reliably, without regard to the time and labor expended. The most important changes made, in addition to conforming the text to the laws as now in force, are: 1st. Complete references from the text to the law on which it is based; 2d. Additional references to decisions; 3d. A greatly enlarged index; and, 4th. Additional forms. While Judge Raff modestly made no such extensive claim for his work, yet it has been in the past a most useful, convenient, and reliable manual, not for executors and administrators alone, but also for attorneys and other officers of the courts having jurisdiction of its subject-matter. It is hoped that the changes above referred to will not have detracted from it in this respect. Acknowledgments are due and gratefully made to Senator Stanley Matthews and to Hon. Warner M. Bateman for valuable opinions as to the force and effect of certain changes in the law, and for other assistance, and to Daniel Herider and Emil Hoffman, Esqs., experienced deputies in the offices of the Probate Judge and Clerk of the Courts of Hamilton County, respectively, for practical suggestions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.