Legal Opinion

Funk v. Grulke

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 3, 1927PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, C. J.

The will in question was executed in June, 1918. The testator thereby directed his executors to convert his property into money, and to divide the same into six equal parts, and to pay to each of his five surviving children one of such equal parts, and to the child of a deceased daughter, the sixth equal part. One of such devisees was Carrie Ratzlaff, daughter of the testator. In May, 1924, the testator executed the following codicil:

“I give, devise and bequeath unto my sons Oscar and Henry Grulke an undivided one sixth of all my estate, both real and personal, in trust for the following…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Meek v. BriggsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
  2. Kiffner v. KiffnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
  3. Darling v. DodgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Coomes v. FineganSupreme Court of Iowa · 1943
  2. Lehr v. SwitzerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1931
  3. McGarry v. MathisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1938
  4. Roorda v. RoordaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1941
  5. Gottstein v. HedgesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1929

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