In Re Estate of Stuertz

This is an appeal from the district court for Lancaster county in a proceeding to determine the right to heirship in the estate of Henry J. Stuertz, who died intestate September 19, 1929. The estate consists of about $1,000 in a savings bank, and a judgment of approximately $10,000 which was obtained in an action for the wrongful death of the decedent. Surviving Stuertz at the time of his death were his wife, Pauline C. Stuertz, and his father and mother, Casper and Elizabeth Stuertz, who are the petitioners herein.

On May 23, 1930, a baby girl was born to the widow of the decedent, and the…