Stutsman v. Crain
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. — R. P. Howell, Judge. Action to enforce the specific performance of an oral contract. The opinion states the facts. Decree dismissing plaintiffs’ petition in the court below. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
1. Wills : specific enforcement of contract In re conflicting wills. The plaintiffs in this suit are minors and devisees under a will executed by one Samuel Sharpless n the 11th day of May, 1901, but never probated. The defendants are the devisees named in a certain will executed by the wife of Samuel Sharp-less, on the 28th day of February, 1912. The facts out of which the controversy arises are substantially these: Samuel Sharp-less, during his lifetime and at the time of his death, was the owner of a considerable estate, consisting both of real and personal property. The plaintiffs are the…
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