Roberts v. Hale
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from ' Washington District Court.— Hon. W. C. Clements, Judge. A. C. Hale, who was the owner of the property in controversy, died testate May 24, 1893. Prior to her death her husband, George H. Hale, had acted as her agent in carrying on the business of buying and selling grain in the market at Washington, Iowa, and in storing the same in an elevator covered by the mortgage hereinafter' mentioned, and in selling the grain so stored.
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Appeal from ' Washington District Court.— Hon. W. C. Clements, Judge. A. C. Hale, who was the owner of the property in controversy, died testate May 24, 1893. Prior to her death her husband, George H. Hale, had acted as her agent in carrying on the business of buying and selling grain in the market at Washington, Iowa, and in storing the same in an elevator covered by the mortgage hereinafter' mentioned, and in selling the grain so stored. The will, after directing the payment of all just debts, was in words the following: (2) I hereby bequeath and devise to my husband George H. Hale in trust…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The deceased had been engaged in the business of buying, storing, shipping, and selling grain. Her husband had conducted this business as her agent. ■ Her will provided for no legacies, and postponed.the distribution of the. estate to the beneficiaries until the trustee’s deaths Ey. its terms she bequeathed and devised her entire estate, reál and personal, to. him as trustee during life, for their three children, with the direction that he immediately take and . retain possession. “ Said trustee shall, * * * during the. entire term of said trust, continue my business interests and the…
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