In re Estate of Lennon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Winneshiek Circuit Court. Joseph Lennon, surviving husband of Catherine Lennon, filed his petition in the Circuit Court, sitting in probate, for the admeasurement of his distributive share or dower in the real estate of his deceased wife. Certain persons as heirs at law were made defendants, and Mary Byrnes filed an answer to which a demurrer was sustained, and she appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Servers, Ch. J.
Counsel for the appellant says it was stated in the answer of Margaret Byrnes, “ That Joseph Lennon, petitioner, received a deed, October 27,1879, from Catherine S. Lennon, deceased, in and to S. E. of S. E. of Sec. 8, Tp. 97, R. 7; and that he received it as an advancement of his. dower interest in the whole of said estate, and that he received and accepted the same as his dower or share as widower.” To this portion of the answer a demurrer was sustained, or if this be not so, it is the only portion of the answer upon which appellant.relies. The answer alleges that during the…
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