Collins v. Russell

BELL, District Judge.

This is an action in equity by appellants as plaintiffs against the appellees as defendants for a decree declaring void the residuary provisions of the will of Emma Mein-hardt Easterday, deceased. The case was tried and the court found in favor of the defendants and dismissed the complaint. This appeal is from the order of dismissal.

The heirs at law of the decedent were plaintiffs in the District Court, and the administrator under the will of decedent and four members of Saint John Commandery, No. 16, of McCook, Nebraska, were named as defendants in the original…