Merritt v. Easterly

The appellee, W. D. Merritt, is the administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Harriet E. Rummell, deceased. The appellee, Consolidated Independent School District, is the residuary legatee and devisee of the testatrix. The appellant is the grantee in two deeds, executed by the deceased, and conveying to him eighty acres of land in Thayer county, Nebraska, and one hundred eighteen acres in Jones county, Iowa. He also took possession of two certificates of deposit, and the proceeds of a third certificate, all of which were originally issued to the deceased, and certain other personal…