Slattery v. Newell

On June 4, 1921, Emma L. Newell died intestate. At the time of her death she was the owner in fee simple and resided with her husband, H. M. Newell, who survived her, upon Lots 5 and 6 in Block 3 in College Hill Park in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, the appraised value of which was $1,800. She left a daughter by a former husband together with some grandchildren, descendants of her deceased son. On July 1, 1921, so far as it lawfully could do so, the County Court entered an order set ting aside to her widower as his property the above-described real estate, it being her homestead. On the 21st…