In re the Estate of Broome

LETTS, Judge.

The creditors of an estate appeal certain lower court rulings regarding the assignment of dower. The questions here involved are: (1) Is the dower interest in mortgaged real property chargeable with one-third of the real estate taxes and one-third of the mortgage interest accruing between the date of death and the date of assignment of dower; (2) Does the widow have a dower interest in stock dividends pledged by decedent as collateral for certain loans; and (3) Did the trial court err in assigning dower from selected estate assets rather than apportioning it strictly in relation…