Morris v. Morris

MOREMEN, Judge.

Appellant, Arlene Morris, is the widow of William L. Morris who died possessed of real estate which was later sold. She elected to receive the present cash value of her dower right in lieu of income for the remainder of her life. The problem on this appeal lies in the selection of the proper method for calculating that present cash value.

The trial court adopted the long accepted practice of using the Wigglesworth Table of Mortality to determine the life expectancy and to obtain the factor which was representative of the present value of the estate. In doing so, he accepted a…