Rainbolt v. East

Suit by the plaintiff, against the administrator of Jesse Rainbolt’s estate, to recover the five hundred dollars allowed a widow by statute out of her deceased husband’s estate. 2 R. S. 1876, p. 507, sec. 43.

In addition to the general denial, the defendant filed two special paragraphs of answer, the first of which was as follows: “ The defendant admits the marriage alleged by plaintiff, the death of her said husband, that the plaintiff is his widow, and that her said husband died the owner of personal and real property; that defendant is administrator upon his estate; that plaintiff, before…