Berry v. Earling

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is the widow and appellee Boyd is the daughter and heir at law of Hugh Franklin Berry, deceased, of whose estate appellee Earling is administrator. The property of the estate consists of mining ground in the Fairbanks recording district of Alaska. Section 1, c. 12, Session Laws of Alaska 1919 (Comp.Laws Alaska 1933, § 4407), provides: “After filing of the inventory, should the' deceased have died leaving a widow or minor children, the commissioner 1 * * * shall award and set off to the surviving widow or minor children property of the estate not exceeding the…