Whitmore v. Rascoe

This récord presents a contest between the widow and general creditors of Lou Rascoe, deceased, in respect of the allotment of dower and homestead. The material facts found by the court of chancery appeals are as follows :

Lou Rascoe died intestate in Davidson county leaving a widow and several children. He owned at his death considerable personal property, but was indebted in an amount exceeding its' value, and hence was insolvent. The only real estate he owned was a house and lot on West Broad street in the city of Nashville, which was incumbered by a vendor’s lien retained in the face of…