Irwin v. Keokuk Savings Bank & Trust Co.

On January 18, 1932, Alexander J. Irwin filed a petition naming as defendant the Keokuk Savings Bank & Trust Company, executor of the estate of A. E. Johnstone, deceased, now Ihe appellee. In his petition, the plaintiff claimed that he did not receive from said executor a $5,000 bequest provided for him in the will of A. E. Johnstone. Thereupon the defendant executor, perhaps as a matter of precaution, filed an application to have Elizabeth R. Galusha, a minor brought into the case.

According to such application a portion of the Johnstone estate claimed by the plaintiff was distributed by the…