Vincent v. Martin

Anna Meyers Vincent, plaintiff in error, prosecutes this writ to review an order of the county court disallow ing her claim for a widow’s allowance from the estate of Joseph Fleet Vincent.

It appears that the plaintiff in error and Vincent, father of six children by a former wife, were married December 16, 1912, their ages then being 43 and 62 respectively. On July 6, 1929, a contract was entered into between Vincent and his wife whereby each waived the right to inherit from the other. It was therein provided that Vincent “will and bequeath to the party of the second part [plaintiff in error]…