Mathey v. Mathey

The plaintiff, widow of Joseph C. Mathey, brought an action in the district court of Chouteau county, Montana, to procure an interest in lieu of dower in lands located in that county. Her amended complaint was filed in July, 1936. The defendants are sisters of the deceased husband. The plaintiff asked in her complaint that she be adjudged the owner in fee simple of one-half of the real estate described in the complaint, under the authority of section 5821, Revised Codes of 1935, having in her complaint elected to take in lieu of dower. Her husband left no children or descendants of children.…