In re the Estate of Goldthorp
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from. Dubuque District Court. — Hon. J. L. Htjsted, Judge. ' Proceeding to determine the validity of a will. ■Trial to jury. Verdict for proponents. Contestant app eals.
1Opinion of the CourtEinne, J.
I. Proponents filed for probate in the office of the clerk of the district court of Dubuque county, Iowa, an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Alice Goldthorp, deceased. By the terms of said will, the testatrix gave and bequeathed unto her daughter, Sarah Jane Goldthorp, and to her son, John B. Goldthorp, in equal shares, all of her estate, real and personal, “to have and to hold the same, forever.” C. H. Eighmey was nominated in the will- as *338executor. Contestant, the appellant, filed exceptions ■to said instrument and its probate, upon the ground that it was not the…
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