WHISLER v. WHISLER

No. 49371.

88 N.W.2d 68 (1958)

Lizzie WHISLER, Appellee, v. J. L. WHISLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Savery & Yarham, Atlantic, for appellant.

Jones, Cambridge, & Carl, Atlantic, and Lynn Adams, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellee.


WENNERSTRUM, Justice.

Plaintiff's action seeks a declaratory judgment and the determination of her interest as a surviving widow in real estate located in Iowa but in the name of her husband, a nonresident intestate decedent. There was no issue surviving. The widow sought a decree holding that she is entitled to the first $15,000 plus one-half of the remainder in value of the real estate located in this state. Sec. 636.32, 1954 Code, I.C.A. She had received from the...

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