Brown v. Brown

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Charles A. Brown and Alice L. Byram as executors of the estate of Sarah Brown, deceased, made final settlement in the probate court, where an order was made adjudging who were the heirs, devisees and legatees of the deceased. Elizabeth M. Brown, the widow of William F. Brown, a son of the deceased, took an appeal to the district court, where she filed an intervening petition claiming an interest in the estate through her deceased husband. Upon the motion of the executors this petition was stricken from the files and the cause was tried…