Crone v. First National Bank

On July 24, 1944, one John D. Fink executed his will. He provided in the will that * * * a dower or one third” of all of his property should go to his wife, Ellen. In 1962, Ellen and John were divorced. John died in 1963. This case is a contest between those who would take under the will, if the will remained unrevoked on John’s death, and John’s heirs at law. The trial court held that the divorce revoked the will by reason of OES 114.130. The proponents of the will appeal. We affirm.

The cited statute, until it was amended in 1965, provided : “A will made by any person is deemed revoked by…