Legal Opinion
Dailey v. Treadwell
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided March 20, 1909No. 15,526PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from the district court for Clay county: Ed L. Adams, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Calkins, C.
Robert Ayers died at Omaha, Nebraska, August 1, 1906, a widower and without issue, leaving him surviving his sole heirs at law Charles Treadwell and Ezekiel Ayers, brothers, and Kate Addis and Fanny Inglis, sisters. He died seized of about $1,000 in personal property and an 80-acre farm in Clay county, where he had resided for many years. In 1892 he executed and deposited with the county judge of Olay county an instrument purporting to be his last will, which was in the words and figures following :
“I, Robert Ayers, of Clay county, Nebraska, being of sound mind, memory and…
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- McClary v. StullNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
- In re Claflin's WillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1901
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