Daniels v. Taylor

VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.. The questions presented in this case arise under such of the statutes of Arkansas, published in Mansf. Dig. of .1884, as have been extended over and put in force in the Indian Territory by Congress (Act May 2, 1890, 26 Stat. 94, c. 182, § 31), and are: (1) Is Ellen Taylor entitled, under Mansf. Dig. § 2591 (Ind. T. Ann. St. 1899, § 1879) to one-third of the personal estate of her deceased husband, George W. Taylor? (2) Is she entitled to receive out of said estate the allowances named in Mansf. Dig. §§ 62, 63 (Ind. T. Ann. St. 1899, §§ 119, 120). The trial court…