Hadsell v. Grosjean

Hilda M. Hadsell died August 11, 1952. By her last will and testament she left all of her property to her husband, Herbert V. Hadsell. Her estate was of the estimated value of $3,000.

After her will was executed, decedent and her husband entered into a property settlement agreement. When she died husband and wife were not living together, but divorce proceedings between them had not come to final or interlocutory decree.

Only one question is involved in this appeal: Did the husband by the property agreement waive his right to take under his wife’s will, or to be appointed her executor?

That part…