Booth v. First National Bank

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court for Linn county affirming an order of the probate court dismissing plaintiff’s petition for the payment of the widow’s statutory allowance and petition for dower from the date of the death of plaintiff’s husband.

Plaintiff, Ruby Booth, is the widow of J. C. Booth, who died testate on July 18, 1954. The First National Bank of Portland, one of the defendants, is the executor of the estate of J. C. Booth; the other defendants are the heirs of J. C. Booth, being his children by a former marriage.

The will was admitted to probate on July 23, 1954.…