Whitehill v. Thiess

The appellee, husband, and now widower, of Mary O. Thiess, deceased, has obtained a decree for sale of leasehold property held by the wife in her lifetime, and for distribution of one-third of the proceeds to him as his marital share; the remaining two-thirds to be divided among children and grandchildren of the couple. The children and grandchildren, on appeal, contend that as the property was vested in the wife only for and during her life, with remainder to them, the children and grandchildren, no marital rights in the husband attached, and the remaindermen are entitled to the whole. And…