Atlee v. Bullard

A. J. Bullard, of Lee county, Iowa, died testate in the year 1884. By his will, which was duly probated, the widow, the defendant Fannie Billiard, was given the use of the lands of which the testator died^seised, until the youngest daughter, then about four years old, should attain her majority, at which time the land was to be sold and the proceeds equally divided between the widow and eight children, each taking a one-ninth part. The widow elected to take under the will, and continued to occupy and use the land. In the course of a few years she became involved in debt, and allowed the land…