Spann v. Clark

Carley, Judge.

Appellee, alleging that she was the legal widow of Tommie Clark, filed two consecutive petitions for a year’s support from his estate. Appellants, who are Clark’s children, filed caveats to the appraisers’ returns on the ground that appellee was not Clark’s legal widow. Following a hearing, the probate court found that appellee was the legal widow of Clark, but reduced the amount of the appraisers’ awards. Appellants appealed that ruling to the superior court. A jury trial was held, whereupon the jury made the determination that appellee was Clark’s legal widow, and that the…