In Re Brandt's Estate

UDALL, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order and judgment of the lower court directing the executrix of the estate of Fritz ,T. Brandt to pay Leta F. Brandt, the decedent’s purported widow, a family allowance.

The essential facts are these: On March 17, 1946, Fritz T. Brandt, a marine engineer, died aboard ship at Poti, Russia; he was survived by two women, each of whom claimed to be his lawful widow, Leta F. Brandt, hereinafter called the appellee, and Maude A. Brandt. By a will dated approximately a year prior to his death Brandt left all of his property, consisting largely of $4,400 in…