Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1912 — DIVORCED WIFE IS A WIDOW [ARTICLE]

DIVORCED WIFE IS A WIDOW

That Is the Ruling of a California Judge, at Least In the Case of Mrs. Eugenia Jonee San Francisco.— Areceut ruling of Superior Judge Thomas F. Graham of this elty defines a widow as “a married woman who has lost her husband either by death or judicial decree.” The ruling received the affirmation of the district court of appeals in s decision giving Mrs. Eugenia Jones, divorced wife of the late Everett Jones, the share of the estate she claimed under the will of Jones’ father, 8. L Jones. It was provided in that will that in the event of the death of Everett Jones before that of Mrs. Eugenia Jones, who then was his wife, a monthly Income of S3OO and half th« estate should go to her "while she remained his widow.” The couple were divorced later and, shortly before Jds death Jones remarried. Suit by his former wife to put the father’s will in effect resulted in a legal tangle as to whether Jones* divorced wife legally could be described as his widow.