In Re Estate of Schaefer

The orders appealed from arise out of a single petition filed in probate court by Marilynn H. Schaefer, widow of the decedent, Ben G. Schaefer, concerning a large number of matters in the administration of the estate. 1 As the result of a pretrial conference the issues raised by the petition were bifurcated for hearing. The principal issue concerns real estate inventoried as property of a business partnership between Ben Schaefer and his brother, Arthur Schaéfer, and claimed by Marilynn Schaefer to have belonged to the brothers as tenants in common. Appeal No. 101 is taken from an order…