Monahan v. Estate of Monahan

This case originated in the Probate Court of the City of St. Louis, then it came on appeal to the circuit court and thence on appeal to this Court.

The question involved is the right of the administrators of a deceased husband's estate to an allowance, out of the estate of his wife who predeceased him, under the provisions of section 107, Revised Statutes Missouri 1929, which provides for an allowance to the surviving spouse for twelve months' maintenance on the non-existence of the provisions enumerated in the preceding section 106.

The facts are as follows:

Mayme Monahan (the wife) died in the…