Hardin's Administrators v. Hardin

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

L. H. Hardin died intestate, February 22, 1921. He was survived by Ms widow, the appellee, and thirteen children, eleven of whom were by a former wife.

Less than three weeks thereafter the widow entered into a written contract with his administrators and a son, Estill Hardin, by which she agreed to take a child’s part (1/11) of her deceased husband’s estate, in lieu of her dower and distributable share thérein, in consideration of the cancellation by Estill of a parol contract by which his father had agreed to purchase and pay him $7,000.00 for a…