Allnutt v. Wood

Appellee brought this suit to establish the alleged lost will of Dr. S. H. Cowden and for an accounting of the estate of Nancy E. Cowden, the widow of Dr. Cowden. The complaint alleged that Dr. Cowden died testate, and that by his last will he devised all his property, both real and personal, to his widow for life, with remainder to Charles A. Wood. Dr. Cowden died September 19,1911, and was survived by his widow, who died December 25, 1925. Dr. Cowden left no lineal descendants, and, so far as is known, no collateral heirs.

The answer filed by the heirs of Mrs. Cowden denied that Dr. Cowden…