Blakely v. Blakely

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The probate court decided that the proceeds of a wheat crop grown by a tenant on land belonging to a testator, and harvested and sold for more than two thousand dollars after the testator’s death, became assets of his estaté; by the terms of his will his widow took merely the use, income and profit of the fund for her life; and the widow, who was also administratrix, was required to give security to account for the fund to remaindermen. The district court approved the judgment of the probate court, and the widow appeals. The will reads as…