In Re Krause's Estate

The uncontradicted evidence in this case by witnesses for appellant, whom the trial court at the conclusion of the trial announced were entirely credible and that whatever they had testified to would be accepted as the facts, shows the following state of affairs:

Auguste Krause, the deceased, prior to 1911, had been married to J. H. Krause, a much older brother of appellant, with whom appellant lived for a number of years, paying board, while the husband lived with them. About 1909, the husband, who appears to have been both morally and financially worthless, abandoned Mrs. Krause. In 1910,…