Doehrel v. Hillmer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. — Hon. A. S. Blair, Judge. Hannah Halbfass, a citizen of Iowa, died seized of certain lots in La Porte City, and one hundred and twenty acres of land near there, In her will she devised such property to Caroline Doehrel, of Erie, Pa., and Heinrich Hillmer and Wilhelmina Prellburg, of Hanover, Germany, share and share alike.
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Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. — Hon. A. S. Blair, Judge. Hannah Halbfass, a citizen of Iowa, died seized of certain lots in La Porte City, and one hundred and twenty acres of land near there, In her will she devised such property to Caroline Doehrel, of Erie, Pa., and Heinrich Hillmer and Wilhelmina Prellburg, of Hanover, Germany, share and share alike. She died February 8, 1892, and her will wa:; admitted to probate March 15 of the same year, and afterwards the title of each devisee to an undi vided one-third of the property was confirmed by a.decree of the court in an action to…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
*1711 *170Under the will of Hannah Halbfass, 'Wilhelmina Prellburg took an undivided one-third interest in the real estate in controversy. She was a resident of Hanover, Germany, and a subject of the king of Prussia, at the time of her death, and left, her surviving, three sons, August, Heinrich, and Christian Prellburg, who are also residents of the same place, and subjects of the king. They claim to have taken this property from their mother by descent. Under *171the laws of this state non-resident aliens cannot so acquire land. Furenes v. Mickelson, 86 Iowa, 508 (53 N. W. Rep. 416); Burrow v. Burrow,…
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