Arent v. Arent

Appeal from proceedings to sell land for payment of debts of a deceased person. The main question presented is whether or not the widow of a deceased owner of real estate takes her distributive share of the land at his death, subject to his debts. The widow contends that the estate she takes by the statute is of the nature of. dower, and therefore is not liable to sale to pay debts, while appellees rely upon the language of the statute. Appellant cites the cases hereafter mentioned to sustain her position.

In Gaster v. Estate of Gaster, 92 Neb. 6, the point decided was that, “If a married man…