Sammons v. Higbie's Estate
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In proceedings in the probate court of Steele county to settle the estate of Delos Higbie, Harriet T. Sammons, as executrix of the estate of Anna Leslie Higbie, deceased, made application for the widow’s allowance. From an order of the probate court denying the application, an appeal was taken to the district court of that county, which reversed the order of the probate court.
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In proceedings in the probate court of Steele county to settle the estate of Delos Higbie, Harriet T. Sammons, as executrix of the estate of Anna Leslie Higbie, deceased, made application for the widow’s allowance. From an order of the probate court denying the application, an appeal was taken to the district court of that county, which reversed the order of the probate court. From an order, Buck-ham, J., denying her motion for a new trial, the executrix of the estate of Delos Higbie, deceased, appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Application was duly made to the probate court of Steele county in the matter of the estate of Delos Higbie, deceased, by plaintiff, executrix of the last will and testament of his deceased wife, for the widow’s allowance granted by chapter 334, p. 581, Daws 1903, and denied by that court. An appeal was taken to the district court, resulting in a reversal of the probate court and an order and judgment granting the prayer of the application. The executrix of the last will and testament of Higbie opposed the application, and appealed from an order of the district court denying a new trial.
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