Goddard v. Landes

The trustees under the last will and testament of Silas Z. Landes, and the heirs of testator, filed a bill in the circuit court of Wabash county against Bertie Landes, the surviving widow of testator, for the purpose of having the homestead of the widow set off and assigned to her, with an alternative prayer that in case the homestead premises were of greater value than $1000 and so situated that the homestead could not be assigned to her the cash value of the homestead interest be ascertained, and that the trustees under the will be authorized to pay the widow the value of her homestead…