Supreme Court of Missouri March 29, 1929 (Collier v. Porter)

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Plaintiff, the widower of Emma Collier, deceased, brought this action, seeking a widower's share in the real estate of his deceased wife under, and by virtue of, Sections 320 and 321, Revised Statutes 1919, and under, and by virtue of, an act of the General Assembly which was approved on March 29, 1921, and which became operative and effective on June 20, 1921.