Williams v. Harrison

Ed. M. Harrison died intestate in Monona county, Iowa, on January 13, 1938, leaving as his widow the defendant Alice U. Harrison, and the other 31 defendants and the plaintiff, as his only heirs at law. His estate consisted of a quarter section farm, and a residence property in town, appraised respectively at $19,000 and $4,000, and personal property valued at about $5,000. The deceased had no children, and his widow took the residence property at the above-stated valuation as a credit upon the statutory $7,500 to which she was entitled.

Plaintiff alleged that while he was a tenant farmer in…