In re the Estate of Adams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Chickasaw District-Court. — Hon. A. N. Hobson, Judge. The executor having filed a report reciting in substance that the estate of ¥m.
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Appeal from Chickasaw District-Court. — Hon. A. N. Hobson, Judge. The executor having filed a report reciting in substance that the estate of ¥m. Adams, deceased, had been settled save the payment of $1,000 to the widow in pursuance of the terms of an antenuptial contract, and that, though he had tendered the same, she had refused to receive it, and demanded her distributive share, prayed that he be directed to turn the same over to the clerk of court for her benefit, and that thereupon he be discharged and his bondsmen released. The contract in language following was attached to the report:…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The issues to be considered were raised by objections to the final report of the executor of the estate of Wm. L. Adams, deceased. The report recited that all debts and legacies of deceased had been paid, and that the sum of $1,000 stipulated in an antenuptial contract to be paid her had been tendered to and refused by his widow, Augusta L. Adams, and prayed that he be ordered to deliver the same to the clerk of court for her benefit, and that thereupon he be discharged and his bondsmen released. To this report Mrs. Adams interposed certain objections to accepting other than the statutory…
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