State for Use of Frederick v. Allen

BluME, Chief Justice.

This case was brought in the name of the State for the use of Anna E. Frederick, formerly Anna E. Allen, as ad-ministratrix of the estate of George William Allen, deceased, against John D. Allen and National Surety Company of New York, defendants. From a judgment for the defendants, the plaintiff has appealed. The parties will be named herein in the same order as in the court below. The essential facts are about as follows:

In August, 1922, one George William Allen died intestate in Big Horn County, Wyoming. He left surviving him his widow, Anna E. Allen, and two minor…