Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Cocklin

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 9, 1945No. 46550PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

[1] The proceedings in this estate have been reviewed by this court on two former appeals. In re Estate of Cocklin, 230 Iowa 415,297 N.W. 864; In re Estate of Cocklin, 232 Iowa 266,5 N.W.2d 577. On the first appeal, it appeared that decedent had executed three wills, one in September 1939, one in December 1939, and the third on February 3, 1940. The contestant, Fanny Watkins, sought to secure a consolidation of proceedings to challenge at one time the validity of all three wills. Her motion was overruled and on appeal this court affirmed the order. The second appeal was taken after the trial…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Moran v. MoranSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  2. Donegan v. WadeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  3. Briggs v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  4. Leighton v. LeightonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
  5. Packer v. OvertonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Haynes v. First Nat'l State Bk. of NJSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
  2. Commerce Trust Company v. WeedSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
  3. Jensen v. NelsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1945
  4. Gunter v. Pogue, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1984
  5. Womble v. GunterSupreme Court of Virginia · 1956

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