Black v. Black

W. G-. Black, who departed this life April 3, 1939, was survived by Ida B., his widow, who was his second wife, by whom he had no children, and by a son and daughter, born of his first marriage. In addition to his home, he owned two other pieces of city real estate. He had, at the time of his death, a cash balance in his bank checking account, of $613.86, and, in addition, he had $3,790.00 in cash in a safe deposit box, and this litigation involves those cash items.

Black had made a will naming a niece as executrix, but the will had been destroyed. For a time he kept his checking account at…