Ogle v. Stoops

Solomon Hasted died the owner of a tract of land situate in the state of Indiana. He left surviving him a second wife, to whom he had been married about *381one year, and by whom he had had one child, which died soon after its birth, and before the death of said Solomon. Said Solomon left surviving him children and heirs at law by his first wife, but none by his second.

G. H. Voss, for the appellants.

The only question in this suit is, whether his second wife takes a fee or a life estate in one-third of her deceased husband’s land.

By § 18, 1 R. S. p. 250, it is enacted that if a widow marry a…