In re Estate of Ensign
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cerro Gorclo District Court. — C. H. Kelley, Judge. The surviving widow of deceased filed an application in the clerk’s office praying an order authorizing herself as administratrix to distribute to herself the proceeds of certain life insurance on the life of her husband. The lower court overruled a demurrer to the resistance filed thereto by the only heir at law of deceased, and from a judgment thereon dismissing said application the widow appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
diotmbution0; spouséTIife insurance. I. William E. Ensign died intestate October 29, Í915, leaving surviving him May Ensign, his widow, and Franc Adele Ensign, a sister, as his sole and' *1082only heir at law. The estate, which consisted largely of real property, appears to have been valued at about $100,000. At the time of his death, he held a.policy for $5,000 in the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, payable to his estate. The controversy in this case involves the distribution of the proceeds of this policy. May Ensign, his surviving widow, was appointed administratrix of her husband’s…
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