Hurlburt v. Hall

ME. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIE:

Allen B. Hall on August 28, 1940, died intestate, leaving a small estate consisting wholly of personal property situate in Sanders county, Montana, where he resided. Hall left two surviving heirs-at-law, they being his widow, Huida A. Hall, the respondent herein, and Lucy Hall, a daughter by a former marriage, then aged 16 years, the appellant herein.

On September 23, 1940, the respondent widow, Huida A. Hall, was duly appointed and qualified as administratrix of her husband’s estate and on December 9, 1940, the court granted respondent a family allowance of $35.00 per…