Rankin v. Rankin
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Davis District Court. — Hon. F. M. Hunter, Judge. Appeal by the executor of the will of A. W. Rankin, from an order allowing the widow of the testator the sum of $500 for a year’s support.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, C. J.
The petition of the widow shows that she is sixty-four years of age; that the deceased left no minor children; that his estate is of the value of $30,000; that she *489has no estate of her own, except forty acres of land, the net income from whieli is only $20; and that for her proper support and maintenance the sum of $600 is reasonably required. For this amount she asks an allowance from the estate of her husband. The defendant, resisting said application, denies that the estate is of the value $30,000, and estimates such value at $10,000. He further denies that the widow’s income from the land…
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