In re Estate of Medford

Alleging in her petition that she was the common-law wife and the surviving widow of William Medford, who died on February 28, 1922, Mrs. S. D. Patterson prays that the appointment of Charles Medford by the clerk of the district court of Fremont County, as administrator of his estate, be vacated and set aside, and that she be appointed in his place and stead. The court dismissed the petition, and she appeals.

The evidence shows that appellant resided in Shenandoah, Page County, where she still resides, for many years prior to 1904, and that the deceased, who was engaged in the furniture…