Brown v. Webster

The petition alleges, substantially: That Erastus E. Brown, late of Lancaster county, died August 15, 1908, *593possessed of a large amount of real and personal property, which is specifically set out; that he left no heirs of his body and that plaintiff is his widow; that at the time of her marriage to the deceased, in 1866, deceased did not own property exceeding in value the sum of $1,000; that at the time of her marriage, or shortly thereafter, plaintiff received from her mother’s estate about $20,000, all of which she turned over to deceased, who managed, controlled and invested the same in…