Sherlock v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. — Hon. Clarence W. Nichol, Judge. Action in equity in which plaintiff claims to be the owner in fee of an undivided two-thirds interest in a considerable amount of real estate described in the petition, and asking that his title be established and quieted. He bases his claim upon his right of succession as sole heir of his mother, Mary E. Sherlock, deceased. The trial court after a trial dismissed the petition. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
I. The seventeen defendants are the nieces and nephews of deceased. They were at the time of the death of Mrs. Sherlock, and are now, living. Plaintiff is the son and sole heir. Her husband survived, her, but has not been made a party. The answer admits that they make a *3claim adverse to the estate of plaintiff in said property, and say that their claim to the real property involved is the estate in remainder to the defendants, derived upon the termination of the life estate of the plaintiff and another, through and by the last will of Mary E. Sherlock, owner in her lifetime of said real…
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