In Re Estate of Jepson

In this case the widow of the decedent applied to the court in probate to have set apart to her a homestead. The nephews and nieces of the decedent filed a contest to the application. The court below dismissed the contest on the' ground that the nephews and nieces had no interest in the estate as heirs or otherwise, and thereupon made an order setting apart to the widow a homestead out of the property of the decedent.

From this order two appeals have been taken, one being an appeal from the part of the order setting apart the homestead, the other an appeal from the part of the order declaring…