Merchants National Bank v. Crist
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wright District Gourt. — Hon. B. M. Wright, Judge. The plaintiff, a judgment creditor of John M. Crist, brings this suit in equity to subject to the payment of its judgment a claim for support against M. B. Crist, D. E. Crist and Olive Nail, who are the children of his deceased wife and the executors of her estate. There was a decree for plaintiff, and the defendants appeal. —
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
— The deceased wife of John M. Crist died possessed of property of the value of about $12,000, which by her will was devised and bequeathed to the defendants, her children, subject to the following provision: “My beloved husband, John M. Crist, being now over seventy-two years of age and incapable of talcing an active part in business affairs of any kind, I hereby obligate and direct my said children to provide him all of the necessaries and take good care of him for the remainder of his life, and I hereby make his support and care for life a lien upon the property above mentioned. This…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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