Sheely v. Sheely

IN this case we are asked by the plaintiff in error, Corinne V. Sheely, to reverse so much of a judgment of the Jefferson county district court as denied her petition for leave to renounce under her husband's will and to take half his estate instead; and we are asked by the defendants in error to reverse, on their assignment of cross-error, so much of the judgment as granted a widow's allowance.

The plaintiff in error's husband died December 14, 1934, leaving a will which contains certain bequests and devises to various relatives, including among these herself and Arthur C. Sheely, his son by…