Wilts v. Wilts
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin District Court. — Hon. C. E. Albrook, Judge. Suit for the construction of the will of' John Wilts, deceased, wherein the widow claims one-third of the real estate after certain mortgages have been released. Erom a decree construing the will otherwise, she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
John Wilts died testate September 5, 1908, seised of nearly a thousand acres of land and survived by his widow, Amelia Wilts, two sons, Otto and Henry Wilts, and the four children of a daughter, Vipke Santón. He left a will, executed December 8, 1904, in the first clause of which he directed “that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall by my executor hereafter named be paid out of my estate as soon after my decease as shall by him be found convenient.” The second clause, was as follows:
It is my will and I do hereby devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Amelia Wilts, now living with…
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