Pauling v. Pauling

RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was the first wife of John W. Pauling, deceased. Appellee was Pauling’s second wife and is now his widow. On May 13, 1932, appellant obtained a divorce from John W. Pauling in an action brought by her in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Shortly thereafter Pauling married appellee with whom he lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, until his death intestate on January 17, 1945.

At the time of Pauling’s death he and appellee held certain personal property of the approximate value of $16,500 as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, all of which under…