Ashlock v. Ashlock
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn Circuit Court. Action in chancery to annul and set aside, a decree of the court settling the rights of plaintiff as widow and devisee of her deceased husband. Upon the final hearing the .petition of plaintiff was dismissed, and she appeals to this court. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ch. J.
The petition shows that plaintiff is the executrix of the estate of her deceased husband, and that by the will there was bequeathed to her a proper allowance for maintenance during her life. It is further shown that plaintiff filed in the Circuit Court a petition asking that a proper order be made to carry out the provision of the will providing for her maintenance. Pending thp application she filed a written notice of her intention to claim her rights of dower and other rights secured by the statute, and renouncing all claim under the will, so far as it might conflict with her…
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