Criley v. Cassel
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. C. W. Vermillion, Judge. Action to quiet title. There was a judgment for the defendant, from which the plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
1. Wills: life estates. D. W. Harter was the owner of lots twenty-three and twenty-four, in block three, and the north eighty-eight feet of lot ninety, in block fourteen, in McCullough’s addition to the city of Ottumwa, and was in possession thereof when he died in December, 1904. In 1897 he executed a will, which is in the following language, so far as the same is material here:
3d. Third, I desire and bequeath to my father, Jacob Harter, all my property, personal, real estate, money or notes that I may have at time of my death, for him to use for his special benefit and his maintenance only,…
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- Smith v. CramerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1874
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