Karsten v. Karsten

John Karsten died on July 9, 1910, leaving Sofie Karsten, his widow, Mary Spellmeyer, Charles F. Karsten and Annie Knox, his children, and Freda Karsten, Reuben Karsten and Luella Karsten, his grandchildren, minor children of William Karsten, a deceased son. He owned four hundred acres of land in Ford county, a lot and a half in the village of Melvin and some personal property. He left a last will and testament, the material parts of which are as follows:

“First. That I hereby Will unto my Beloved Wife all my Real and Personal Property Sofie Karsten as long as she may live after her Death and…