Rittgers v. Rittgers
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from.PóH& Qireuit Qov/rt. Jacob B. Rittgers died on the seventeenth day of December, 1879, leaving the plaintiff',-his widow, and nineteen children, six of whom were minors. On the third day of Febru'uary, 1880, -the last will of Jacob Rittgers was duly admitted to probate.
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Appeal from.PóH& Qireuit Qov/rt. Jacob B. Rittgers died on the seventeenth day of December, 1879, leaving the plaintiff',-his widow, and nineteen children, six of whom were minors. On the third day of Febru'uary, 1880, -the last will of Jacob Rittgers was duly admitted to probate. On tbe sixth of March, 1880, Catherine Eittgers filed her petition for assignment of dower, stating that although some provision is made for her in the will in lieu of dower, yet, so far as her interest in the real estate as widow is concerned, she elects to insist upon the interest given heiy in her late husband’s…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The provisions of the will involved in this case are as follows:
i. will : contíust^dower. “ I bequeath to my wife, Catherine Eittgers, all of the real and personal property, moneys, and credits of which I may have at the time of my decease, to control the same and to have all the profits arising therefronij for the purpose of raising, clothing, and educating the children born to us, until such time that Mary, our youngest child, shall attain the age of fifteen years, and then at that time, or as soon thereafter as can conveniently be done, of the property belonging to my estate, both real and…
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