Kilts v. Read

The determination of this case. involves, principally, a question of fact. James W. Read, the grandfather of the defendants-appellees, died in November, 1892, leaving a will which was admitted to probate in Harrison county, Iowa. He left surviving, his widow, now deceased, a daughter, May Hill, and a son, Rollin H. Read. James Read, Jr., and Mattie Frazier, the appellees herein, are the children of Rollin H. Read, now deceased. May Hill, the daughter, had no children. The appellees herein were her only blood relation. The plaintiff-appellant is a young man about 30 years of age and unmarried,…