Bell v. Bell

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Following the death of her husband, Miller Bell, Sr., appellee Beatrice Bell filed an application for a year’s support. She proposed to have set aside a certificate of deposit, a savings account, a bed, chest of drawers and refrigerator and a house (appraised for tax purposes at $26,640). Appellant Miller Bell, Jr., the decedent’s son, filed a caveat contending that (1) the amount sought to be set aside for year’s support was excessive and (2) it would be inequitable to award appellee a year’s support because she treated the decedent cruelly.

The probate court set…