Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Goldthorp

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 6, 1895PublishedCited by 19 opinions

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…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Yahn v. City of OttumwaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
  2. Denning v. ButcherSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
  3. Meeker v. MeekerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
  4. Otto v. DotySupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
  5. Lorieux v. KellerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1857

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Fishburn v. Burlington & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  2. Manatt v. ScottSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
  3. Scally v. WardlawMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Erwin v. FillenwarthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
  5. Blakely v. CabelkaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1928

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