Ramsay v. All Unknown

42 N.W.2d 386 (1950)

RAMSAY et al.

v.

ALL UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS TO REAL ESTATE (DWYER et al., Intervenors-appellants).

In re RAMSAY'S ESTATE.

No. 47645.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 2, 1950.

Phelan, Karr & Karr, of Webster City, for intervenors-appellants.

J. E. Burnstedt, and J. W. Lee, of Webster City, for appellees.

OLIVER, Justice.

The essential pleaded facts are not in dispute. James J. Ramsay died intestate in 1948, leaving surviving his widow, plaintiff Emma Ramsay, but no issue. His parents predeceased him. His first wife, Elizabeth Ramsay, had died in lawful wedlock. Her heirs are two sisters and a…