Ellis v. McDowell

This is an appeal from that portion of a decree of distribution in the matter of the estate of George B. Ellis, deceased, which orders one-fourth only of a cash item of $22,126.43 distributed to Pray Ellis, the surviving widow and appellant herein.

Prior to July 14, 1923, the decedent was a widower having adult children and minor grandchildren. On that day he married the appellant. On November 1, 1924, he died. He left a will whereby he bequeathed one-fourth of his estate to his widow and the remaining three-fourths to his children by the former marriage and to his grandchildren. The estate…