Alexander v. Windsor

J. Newton Alexander died leaving an estate which was probated in Musselshell county. A part of his estate consisted of 842 ewes and 30 grade-bucks described in the decree of distribution as “about one thousand head of sheep, bucks and ewes.” The decree of distribution distributed an undivided one-third of such property to Gertrude Germaine, the widow, and an undivided two-thirds to five minor children, the plaintiffs herein. Germaine Alexander was duly appointed by the Musselshell district court and qualified as the guardian of the persons and estates of the minor children before the decree…