In Re Haukeli's Estate

G. R. Haukeli, who was born in Norway, died intestate at the age of seventy-nine years, September 22, 1944, in Aberdeen, of which city he had been a resident for approximately fifty years. No children or descendants survived him. His heirs at law were his widow, Pauline Haukeli, who resided at Aberdeen, and four nephews and one niece, all of whom are adults. The niece and three nephews reside in Norway, and a nephew named Knute Haukeli resides in Aberdeen.

The estate, which was separate property of decedent, consisted of five parcels of real estate of the appraised value of $20,060 and certain…