Desnoyer v. Jordan

The appellant and Stephen Desnoyer were married in this state May 7, 1873, and he died December 3, 1877, she surviving him.- His estate being in course of administration, she applied to the probate court in Ramsey county, in which the administration was pending, asking that one-third of the real and personal property might be set off to her as the widow, andas her portion of the estate, pursuant to the statute. The application was opposed by the heirs, and the probate court denied it. She appealed to the district court, and that court found as facts that “previous to their marriage, and just…