In Re Estate of Peterson

1 Reported in 277 N.W. 529. The appeal is from a judgment which has for its foundation the following facts: Clara Peterson, a resident of Wright county, died testate September 21, 1934. Born in Sweden, she came to this country when 13 years of age. Her education was meager, her lifetime occupation being mainly devoted to housework, of which some 25 years were spent with one family. She was a spinster, 74 years of age at time of death.

By industry and thrift she managed to accumulate an estate inventoried at $24,505.82, more than $20,000 of which was in cash, mortgages, bonds, etc. The real…