Butler v. Summers

This litigation began in the county probate court in the estate of J. A. Summers, deceased, of which respondent, Lena B. Summers, his widow, is administratrix.

On Oct. 10, 1950, respondent seasonably applied to the court for a widow’s allowance for one year following the death of her husband, alleging that she and deceased had no children; that there was no homestead or other exemptions to be set aside to her; that $3,000 would be a reasonable allowance. On the same day the court allowed her $2,400 and ordered her “to pay the same in accordance with law.”

In the inventory and appraisement…