In Re Clymer's Estate

Petitioner, the widower of Martha A. Clymer, deceased, commenced proceedings in the county court for Marion county to have set off to him as a homestead 40.81 acres of farm land alleged not to exceed in value the sum of $3,000. It is alleged in the petition that Martha A. Clymer was the owner in fee of such land at the time of her death on July 5, 1933, and that the same was occupied by petitioner and decedent as a homestead.

To this petition four of the children of decedent — : all of whom have attained majority — filed an answer which, so far as material herein, denies that the land did not…