In Re Estate of Dodge

Albert, C. J. —

Major General Grenville M. Dodge died in the city of Council Bluffs on the 4th day of January, 1916,. leaving an. estate worth approximately $3,000,000. His wife, Annie Dodge, died on September 3, 1916, and his sister, Julia D. Beard, one of the beneficiaries under his will, died about a year prior to the commencement of this action; hence we are. not concerned as to the rights of either the wife or the sister.

The assets of General Dodge’s estate consisted of large tracts of land in various states, in Saskatchewan, Canada, and in Cuba, together with town properties in the…