RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1403 
Inheritance by Wife and Children 
A young man makes a will leaving all 
his property to his parents. He. later in 
life marries and raises a family. If he 
neglected to change this will at the time 
of his death, could the wife and children 
hold any of his property? If a man dies 
leaving no will to whom would the prop¬ 
erty go? MRS. TI. .7. 
Where a man marries after having 
made a will and has children, and dies 
before drawing a new will, the widow and 
children will take title to his property in 
the same manner as if he had died in¬ 
testate. 
Where a man dies intestate leaving a 
wife and one child, the wife will he en¬ 
titled to one-half part of his real and per¬ 
sonal estate. Where the intestate leaves 
a wife and more than one child, the sur¬ 
viving wife is entitled to one-third part 
of the real and personal estate, and the 
children the balance. X. T. 
Trouble with Farm Contract 
I bought a farm on contract June 1, 
1920. I have been on this farm a year 
and a half, made all my payments, and 
the owner sends me a notice that I should 
move off the farm in four days, otherwise 
he will proceed under the statute to 
recover the possession thereof. This man 
gave this case to his lawyer, and this is 
what he has against me: Violated the 
contract, fences are down, tools exposed 
to the weather, cows looking poorly, cows 
not properly fed. I would like to know 
what I should do, and if he could bring 
the case to court. Can he get- me off this 
farm, causing me to lose all my money 
that I have paid? My cows are looking 
good, but he just does this to try to get 
his farm back for nothing. R. c. 
You have some very unusual clauses m 
your contract, but if you have made your 
payments when due, both principal and 
interest, you need not worry much about 
losing the farm right away. If lie has a 
chattel mortgage on the stock, or if the 
contract amounts to a chattel mortgage, 
if he deemed himself unsafe and had rea¬ 
sonable grounds therefor, he might re¬ 
move the cattle. If. however, there is no 
reasonable grounds for one to believe him¬ 
self unsafe, you having kept the stock 
properly cared for, he has no right to re¬ 
move the same so long as your payments 
are kept up. x. T. 
Responsibility for Accidental Injuries 
Would a person be held responsible who 
invites a neighbor for an auto ride and 
said party meets with an accident? Am 
I held responsible, no charges being made 
for the ride? w. j. w. 
If one invites another to ride in his 
automobile, and through his negligence the 
other is injured or killed, he is liable to 
the other for damages. It makes no dif¬ 
ference whether charges are made for the 
ride or not. N. T. 
Dogs in Forest Preserves 
One year ago this past September my¬ 
self and family, together with a Methodist 
preacher and his wife, were touring in the 
northern part of our State. When near 
Alder Creek we decided to run up to Old 
Forge and back that afternoon, solely for 
the ride and scenery. We had with us in 
one car a small dog, chained as guard for 
the car. He was not out of the car from 
the time we left Alder Creek until we 
camped some IS miles west of Old Forge. 
It was not hunting season, and we found 
no signs to tell us the limits of the pre¬ 
serve or that dogs were not allowed. We 
were merely tourists on the State high¬ 
way. and the .animal was as much at home 
as if lie were in our own house, yet the 
game warden at Old Forge relieved me of 
$11.50 and detained us some three hours 
when it was no wish or intention of ours 
to stay in the town at all. Is this legal 
when there are no signs telling the pro 
serve limits, and when the law is not 
made generally known? What protection 
have tourists on the State roads when of 
necessity or protection they take dogs 
along? I low far can quarantine regula¬ 
tions affect a dog going through a quar¬ 
antined area in an automobile? Can he 
be detained or the owner lined? G. F. ir. 
Adirondack Park is laid out by statute, 
and it gives control and supervision of all 
forest preserves in the hands of the com¬ 
missioner. He may lay out roads and 
paths in such public parks, and issue 
licenses on such terms as he may impose 
for guides or other persons engaged in 
business therein. The law provides that 
dogs shall not be kept or possessed in the 
Adirondack Park, and there probably is 
no question but that the game warden was 
within his rights. Your ignorance of the 
law could not excuse you any more than 
one who kills a deer out of season, or one 
who makes a mistake and shoots a doe 
instead of a buck. X. T. 
Village Tax on Farm 
I am living on a farm of 325 acres. 
About 15 acres of same is in the village 
limits, where I am taxed every year. I 
have no voice in the village elections: am 
just taxed on this 15 acres, which is not 
separated from the farm. Has the village 
a right to collect taxes T have paid in? 
New York. p. f. I.. 
The Court of Appeals has held that the 
assessors of a village incorporated under 
the village law may assess the portion of 
a farm which lies within the boundary of 
a village, although the owner’s residence 
is outside the village. N. T. 
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