Gray v. McReynolds
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello Circuit Court. This is an action by which the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $1,000, and interest, upon an alleged oral contract set up in the pleadings. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Rothrock, Ch. J.
The facts in the case, about which there is no dispute, are as follows:
J. W. C. MoReynolds, of Jefferson county, in this state, died in May, 1870, leaving his wife, but no children, surviving him. He made a will by which he constituted Isaac D. Mowry his executor. He bequeathed to his wife $5,000; to his mother-in-law, Sallie Mowry, $350; to Madison McReynolds, Susan MoReynolds and Martha. MoReynolds $2,000 each; to John S. Gray, the infant son of his deceased sister, *462the sum of $1,000; to Willie MeReynolds $300; to his stepmother $50; and the balance of his estate he…
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