IN RE THOMAS' ESTATE

No. 35872.

134 N.W.2d 237 (1965)

178 Neb. 578

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Fred W. THOMAS, Deceased. Genevieve M. THOMAS, Appellant, v. Shirley Ann STERNHAGEN and Mary Louise Walker, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fisher & Fisher, Chadron, for appellant.

Gantz, Hein & Moran, Alliance, for appellees.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and CARTER, SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, BROWER, SMITH, and McCOWN, JJ.


McCOWN, Justice.

This case involves a widow's allowance, her homestead right, and the question of whether farm implements are "tools of the trade" for purposes of exemption to the widow.

The county court granted a widow's allowance of $200 per month; approved the widow's selection of a homestead of two 80-acre tracts out of a 760-acre ranch; and assigned to the widow all of the farm machinery and tools as exempt property. The district court determined that...

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