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5 Ind. 509

Kellogg v. Graves

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 8, 1854

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1854-12-08

<p>ERROR to the Tippecanoe Probate Court.</p>

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Decided 1854-12-08

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Perkins, J.

¶1Petition for distribution. Distribution ordered in the Court below. •

¶2The only question in the cause is whether the right of the widow to 150 dollars, in property or money, out of her deceased husband’s estate, became vested immediately on his death under the act of 1843. R. S. 1843, p. 1049.

¶3We think, under that statute, the right of the widow was absolute to the 150 dollars, either in property or *510money, at her election, and that it vested immediately on the death of the husband.

G. S. Orth and E. H. Brackett, for the plaintiffs.J. Pettit and S. A. Huff, for the defendants.

¶4Per Curiam. — The decree is affirmed with costs.

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