Eckford v. Eckford
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mitchell District Court. — Hon. J. C. Sherwin, Judge. This is an action at law, and involves the title to a quarter-section farm in Mitchell county. Both sides to the controversy claim title under the last will and testament of Janet Eckford, deceased. There was a judgment in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBothrock, J.
1 *562 *55There is no question made as to the validity of the will. It is conceded by all the parties that it was legally executed, and that by its terms it-disposed of all of the estate of Janet Eckford, the testatrix. The controversy as to the quarter section of land is whether it passed to the defendants by a specific devise, or whether it was devised to the plaintiffs under the residuary clause of the will. To the -end that the question presented may be fairly understood, it is necessary to set out so much of the will as presents the claim of the defendants that the land passed to them by the…
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