McCulloch's Estate v. Conrad

On October 1, 1929, George McCulloch, born in 1848, and a resident of Humeston in Wayne County, Iowa, since 1880 or earlier, executed his last will and testament. Neither the execution of the will nor his competency or volition is in any way challenged. Omitting the preliminary paragraph, the material parts of the will aré as follows:

“I give, devise and bequeath all of my property, real, personal and mixed, which I may own at the time of my death, to my son, Milan Ellsworth McCulloch, except as follows:

“To Albert Painter, I direct that thirty dollars be paid monthly during his lifetime.…