Mathews v. Glockel

Calkins, C.

This is an action by a husband ostensibly for the recovery of an estate by the curtesy in lands in which his dedeceased wife was seized of an undivided share. The defendant Willielmina Glockel was the widow of Johann G. Glockel, who died in 1901 intestate, leaving him surviving the said widow, a daughter, Bose Mathews, wife of the plaintiff, and four other children. At the time of his death he was the owner of a farm in Otoe county containing about 100 acres, upon which his widow, the defendant, continued to reside. In 1905 Bose Mathews filed a petition in the district court for…