Tarter's Estate

Van Dusen, J.,

This is a proceeding in partition, and it is necessary to determine whether the decedent was the owner of the property designated (a) in the petition, and whether the petitioner (his widow) has any interest therein. This depends upon the question whether his mother, Amanda, took a fee or only a life estate in the residence property of his father, Franklin Tarter, under this provision of his father’s will:

“Item I give and bequeath to my Wife Amanda during the time she remains my Widow all my household goods and Kitchen furniture beds bedding and all other articles and things…