Keefer v. McCloy

The question in this case regards the construction of the fourth clause of the will of Phebe A. Keefer, who died a widow on July 5, 1929. Her will was probated and admitted to record in the county court of Whiteside county on October 23, 1929. Her heirs were her son, the appellee, Samuel H. Keefer, and her daughter, Genevieve K. McCloy, the former married to Charlotte Keefer and the latter to William S. McCloy. William S. and Genevieve IC. McCloy have two children, Jean and Isabel, each of whom is over twenty-one years old. The estate of Phebe A. Keefer consisted of 270 acres of land and…