Goodaker v. Littell

MILLIKEN, Judge.

This case involves the legal effect of a separation agreement between a husband and wife which allegedly was discovered after the final settlement of the husband’s estate had been confirmed; it pits the daughter of the deceased against her stepmother, who was the administratrix of the estate of the deceased. The trial court concluded that the separation agreement was still in effect, and adjudged that the daughter was entitled to the property the widow claimed as her dower.

The appellant, Addie Jewell Goodaker, and Owen Goodaker were married in 1941. In 1946 they had serious…