Warner v. Hamill
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clay District Court.— Hon. W. B. Quarton, Judge. Action for the partition of real property. There was a decree dismissing the plaintiff’s petition, and he appeals. An appeal was also taken by other parties to the action.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
It is conceded by all the parties interested in tbe event of this suit that prior to 1889 one James Brewer was the owner of the land in controversy, and that they all claim through him as the common source of title to said land. On March 28, 1889, James Brewer died testate in Iowa county, State of Wisconsin, seised of said land, leaving no lawful issue and leaving surviving him his widow, Grace Brewer. His will was duly admitted to probate in Iowa county, Wis., on May 7, 1889, and in Clay county, Iowa, it was admitted as a foreign will on May 7, 1895. By the ninth item of his will James…
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