Probate Record for J. A. Harrell
Dated:  August 1925
Submitted by:  Marshaleigh Bahan mobahan@sbcglobal.net

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No.2090. In Re Estate of 	In County Court of Bell county,
J. A. Harrell, deceased		Texas.  To August Term, A.D.1925

To the Hon.J.W.Sutton, Judge of said court: -

	Now comes Mrs.Mary Harrell of Bell County, Texas, and would respectfully show the Court as follows:
      That J. A. Harrell, deceased, was her husband; that he died in the early part of the year 1925, leaving a will which has been filed for 
probate in this court; that by the provisions of said will your petitioner was devised the homestead for herself and children, which 
homestead formerly was in Holland, Texas; that a few days before the death of said J. A. Harrell the said homestead dwelling was 
estroyed by fire and completely consumed thereby, as well as most of the household furnishings therein.  That thereby the only real 
property owned by the deceased and your petitioner was rendered unfit for occupancy and the incomplete as a homestead for petitioner 
and her small children.
      That there was and is now an insurance policy covering partially the loss sustained by virtue of said fire and amounts to something 
like $750.00 upon the dwelling and $100 on the household furniture therein consumed, which insurance policy has not been liquidated 
because of the fact that no administrator of said estate has yet been appointed by this court.
      Your petitioner would show the Court that under the laws of Texas she is entitled to receive from this court an allowance out of the 
proceeds of the estate and of the fire insurance policy in lieu of the homestead devised to her under said will and to which she is entitled 
under the statutes of this state.  That $1000.00 allowance in money to her and her children would not be excessive, which petitioner is 
ready to verify.
      Wherefore, petitioner herenow rejects any and all devises made to her under the terms of said will of the said J.A. Harrell, deceased, 
and elects to take in lieu thereof a homestead allowance, and prays the court that an order be entered in this cause making to her and said 
children an allowance commensurate with the demands and the law, and for such other relief to which she may be entitled.
      
      						Mrs. Mary Harrell
      
      						W. W. Hair, Attorney