In re the Estate of Lund
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Kossuth District Court. — Hon. W. B. Quarton, - Judge. This was a proceeding, under sections 2443, 2444, el seq., of tbe Code of 1873, to set apart to the widow of O. L. Lund, deceased, ber distributive share of ber husband’s estate.
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Appeal from Kossuth District Court. — Hon. W. B. Quarton, - Judge. This was a proceeding, under sections 2443, 2444, el seq., of tbe Code of 1873, to set apart to the widow of O. L. Lund, deceased, ber distributive share of ber husband’s estate. Application wag filed and notice given as ordered by the court, and E. Bergman, Charles B. Morehouse, the Kossuth County Bank, and L. Buss appeared, and objected to the application on the ground that the widow had elected to take the homestead In lieu of her distributive share. The case was tried to the court, resulting in an order dismissing the…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
C. L. Lund died intestate on the second day of July, 1896, seized of a large amount of real estate, forty acres of which was occupied by himself and wife as a homestead. Ever since his death his widow has occupied the *266homestead. On January 27, 1897, she filed her petition asking that her distributive share be set apart. Appellees, who are creditors of the deceased, objected to the order, claiming that the widow had elected to take the homestead in lieu of distributive share. This claim is based upon the- following state of facts, additional to the occupancy of the premises as hereinbefore…
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