Swift v. Reasonover

The original petition was filed in the probate court by Elizabeth Swift seeking- an allotment of homestead and dower from the lands of her deceased husband, William Swift. Zula Lee Reasonover, heir at law of William Swift, resisted the allotment upon the ground of Elizabeth Swift’s abandonment. The probate court allowed both homestead and dower. The Court of Appeals modified the judgment to the extent of disallowing homestead. Both parties filed petitions for certiorari. Elizabeth Swift insists that she is entitled to the homestead and the defendant that by abandonment the widow forfeited…