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Necessary solely for the purpose o! allowing a claim of dower. . i
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to be iiled by the vidoW was entered. 7~e Petition for Assign- ~
ment of Dower and the election to take dower was filed on October
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31, 1966. ,
' The First National Bank of Stuart, holder of a
mortgage encumbering the property sought to be charged with ~
dower, and Iira. June 8ice, present owner of the property, have ~ I
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been made 8espondenta to thia action.
There xas some indication in interrogatory number 33 i
propounded by the Eespondent, June Rice, present owner oY the ~
property, that Mrs. Sane lanew that the decedent was possessed
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of said property as early as 1955• The answer to the iaterroga-
tor~, however, is vague and on questioning, it was elicited ~
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that Mrs. Saae ~mew the decedent had an intereat in some property ~
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in the Indiaa River area. Decedent did actuall~ own a parcel
of property ia Martin County, Florida, and such property was
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the sub~ect oS the Order of Administration IInnecessary previous- :
ly mentioned. It may Well have been that thia xas the property
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Mrs. Baae was reterring to when she stated that she kaew "that
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the decedent had some interest in some Indian 8iver Area property". #
Ia ar~y event, it has not been shoWn that Mrs. Saae had specific ~ ~
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kaowledge at the time of the entry of the Order of lcimiuistration 1:
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IInnecessary or earlier that the decedent had an interest in the ; 1
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property in Which she now seeks doxer.
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' The xldow testified that she first discovered that ~
the decedent had an iaterest in the subject property through
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an eaamination of decedent's belongings in a suitcase which was
delivered to her sometime after decedent died. Mrs. Sane plac- ~
ed this time as "September". Marjorie CracraYt, daughter of ?
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the xidow, testified that ~he suitcase was not delivered to her
Mother until after the Martin County property xas sold by the 1;
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wi.dow. This obviou~ly would plaae the discovery a.iter the entry ~
oY the Order oi Admiaistration Unnecessary in March,~1965, and
of course, prior to the actu.al filing of the election to take 1
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