Heil v. Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children

DEW, Special Commissioner.

The appellant is the widow of J. Norman Heil, deceased. The respondents are beneficiaries under his last will and testament. The appellant petitioned the Probate Court *737of Jackson County, Missouri, for a widow’s allowance and for an order setting aside exempt property of her husband’s estate. Her petition was denied. She appealed to the circuit court, which likewise denied her petition. From the latter judgment she has taken the present appeal to this court.

Under the authority of Section 472.250 RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., the cause was tried anew in the circuit court. The…