Crouse v. Crouse

This is an action of right in which the plaintiffs ask for the possession of approximately 500 acres of land which was owned by John A. Crouse, who died intestate March 4th, 1927. The plaintiffs, eight in number, are the children and sole heirs of said deceased, and the defendant is his surviving widow.

John A. Crouse had been a widower for a number of years prior to his marriage to the defendant on December 8th, 1926. It is the claim of the plaintiffs that the death of their father was the result of acts on the part of the defendant-widow which constitute involuntary manslaughter. It appears…