Varner v. Portland Trust Bank

James C. Caine, as administrator of the estate of John Doody, Jr., deceased, and Hazel Yarner, as the only child and sole heir of the decedent, appeal from a decree of the circuit court denying the petition of the appellants for an order setting aside a certain parcel of real property in the estate of Rose Marie Doody, de ceased, as a homestead. The basis for appellants’ claim is their assertion that the late John Doody, Jr., was entitled to it as the surviving spouse of Eose Marie Doody, and upon his death his interest therein accrued to the benefit of Mrs. Varner.

Eose Marie Doody died…