Bradley v. Bradley

Whether a widow’s allowance under the provisions of section 211, chapter 176, ’35 C.S.A., was waived by defendant in error in an antenuptial agreement with the man she subsequently married, is the sole question presented by this legal controversy. After his death she filed in the county court an application for such an allowance in the proceedings attending the settlement of his estate. The son of deceased, plaintiff in error, filed objections to the allowance which were overruled and the application granted. From this ruling an appeal was taken to the district court which held that the widow…