Mauch v. Mauch

BLACKBIRD, Justice.

The issues presented in this appeal pertain to a widow’s allowance in the administration of the intestate estate of Fred Mauch. At Mauch’s death on June 17, 1963, his brother, William, and his widow, Ruby, were his only surviving heirs. Upon the petition Ruby Mauch thereafter filed therefor, she was issued letters of administration on July 10, 1963.

In the Fred Mauch estate’s general inventory and appraisement, which Ruby filed on the same day she filed a petition for a widow’s allowance, the intestate’s estate, including an undivided one-half interest in the quarter section…