Kroell v. Kroell

Defendant in error, Elizabeth Kroell, filed in the county court of Mason county her petition for the appointment of appraisers to set off to her a widow’s award out of the estate of her deceased husband, John Kroell, Sr. She annexed to her petition a copy of an ante-nuptial contract between herself and her said husband, which the county court held to be a good defense. The petition was dismissed and the petitioner appealed to the circuit court, where, by stipulation, all charges of fraud were eliminated and the cause was heard upon the question of law as to the sufficiency of the contract to…