Allen v. Allen

This is a proceeding in equity seeking to vacate and set aside the final decree of the court distributing the estate of the deceased, Fred Allen.

The petition alleges that Fred Allen departed this life on the 5th day of February, 1938; that the said decedent died intestate, and that at the time of his demise he was a resident of Marshall County, Iowa.

That the petitioner, Mary Allen, survived the said Fred Allen, as his surviving spouse, having married the said Fred Allen at Syracuse, New York, on the 12th day of February, 1920, and that she has continued to reside and now resides at Syracuse,…