Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-30
WANT WILLARD
WILL SET ASIDE
NRS. WILLARD AND DAUGHTERS
ASK COURT TO DIVIDE
THE ESTATE.
WILL PUT PROPERTY IN
= CONTROL OF TRUSTEES
Mrs. willard Files Election to Take
Distrisutive Share and Daughters
Join in Petition to Have viii Set
Aside and Estate Observation-Disclosures
of lars, Value.

Mrs. Jennie A. Willard and FIVE
daughters. the sole heirs Of l.. r. Will
lard, have joined in petitions TO the
court to have set aside the Willard will
and to have the estate divided among
them so that each may receive her dis
tribu;ive share aVtHo there had been
no will II the petitions are granted
one third of the estate, in addition 10
the fine home at 500 West Main street
would be given TO Mrs. Willard. and
the remaining two-thirds of the estate
would be divided equally among the
FIVE daughters. They are Mrs. Lucille
w Kirk. Bismarck. y. D.; Mrs. Hazel
\. Householder. Mrs. Alice F. Hurlburt,
/ Mrs. May F. Holmes. and Miss Helen
| H. Willard, all Of this city.
The documents filed in the action in
clude the petition of the FIVE daughters
I for construction Of the will, the petit
! ton Of Mrs. Willard for her d4strib-
utive share, the petition Of Mrs. Will
/ lard for ownership of the exempted
property, and an application~f a
widows allowance for the first year
following her husbands death.
Petitions For Distribution.
Mrs. Willard has, filed a petition in
which she refuses to consent to the
provisions Of the will made for her and
irefuses to accept them. She elects &c
accept instead her one-third distrib-
utive share. which in her petition is set
out TO be one-third of ali the real es-
tate. exclusive of the homestead. 81!
! % I'll ha
Csim is made for the homestead by
her in a petition in which the court is
asked TO award to her for her own this
exempted property.
In their petition for construction
| of the will the FIVE daughters ask that
the will be declared vsid. and that each
be awarded her ytistributive share.
which would be ont-fifth of two-thirds
Of the whole. exclusive of the home
stead.
Applications For Allowance.
Mrs. Willard has filed an applica-
ton for a Widows allowance Of $500
month for the first year since her hus-
bands death. She has been receiving
s416.67 a month. which is at the rate
of $1,000 year from the trustees,
which the petition asks be credited
against the allowance asked for.
Under the win Mrs. Willard was
given life interest in the home. which
was to go TO the children at her death
All the rest of the property was put in
trust. the trustees being c. c. st. Clair
C. H. Ruth, and W. Fl. Kalbach, the
latter of Oskaloosa, who were given
sole control. They were ordered to pay
Mrs. Willard $4,000 a year and an ad-
ditional 81 900 if $4,000 was not suf1-
cient for the support Of herself and
children. At her death the will directed
that the estate was to be divided among
the children, but none Of the children
was toS have the use or control Of her
share until she had become 25 yaers
Of age.
Estate Is Large.
According to the petition for dis
tribution the personal property shows
an inventory and appraisement value
Of s224.014.5o. The real property in
cludes the home. the property 1ooE12o
feet at the northeast corner Of First
and Church street, and an undivided
one-third interest in the business prop
critics at Sc West Main street, occu-
pied by the n. Willard Son & Co. fur
store and the property at 90 South
First street, occupied by the hide and
fur warehouse and Offices Of H. Will
lard Son & Co.; an undivided one
Park addition, Sioux City, a property
in Bismarck, n. D.: and $50 acres in
Mercer county. North Dakota