Casey v. Beck

FAULKNER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, upholding a 1939 order setting aside a homestead exemption. We affirm.

R. L. Beck died in 1939 with a will devising his real estate to his wife and children, share and share alike. At the time of his death, Beck was married to Annie Beck and had nine children of that marriage. Only three of these children, Clifford D. Beck, Reuben Floyd Beck and Robert William Beck, were minors at his death. Beck was also survived by three daughters of previous marriages.

Annie Beck elected against the will and on October…