In Re the Estate of Phillips

S. Ward Phillips died intestate July 26, 1929. He was survived by his widow, Verona Phillips, and four minor children. At the time of his death, deceased and his brother, R. H. Phillips, were engaged in extensive farming operations on wheat lands in Adams county, both individually and in partnership with each other. The estate of the deceased consisted principally of real estate holdings (fee ownership, interest as contract purchasers, and leases), and personal property used in connection with his farming operations, together with his one-half interest in similar assets owned by the…