In Re Estate of Ragan

Joe Vetter, administrator of the estate of Charles Ragan, applied to the court for an order to sell the homestead of his decedent to pay claims of the Board of Social Welfare, Division of Old Age Assistance. The claims were for $1,640.30 for money paid to Charles Ragan and $100 toward his funeral expenses and $2,012.40 for money paid to his wife, Louisa J. Ragan, or a total of $3,752.70 paid by the Division of Old Age Assistance; The only property in the estate was the homestead, worth about $1,500. Charles Ragan died No vember 23, 1943, and his wife, Louisa, died October 11, 1944. They had…