Lamar v. Belcher

This proceeding is an application by the administrator of a deceased widow to have the four hundred dollars allowed a widow by statute, in addition to other dower, in her deceased husband’s estate. The circuit court refused to allow the claim.

It appears that George W. Belcher, Sr., died on the 9th of August, 1907, leaving a will appointing his son George W. Belcher, Jr., who is the defendant herein, his executor. He also left a widow and children. By the terms of his will the widow was to receive three thousand dollars to use as her own while she should live, and which was to be paid to her…