Hottenstein v. Hottenstein
Indiana Supreme Court
From Warren Circuit Court; James P. Wason, Special Judge. Action by Blanche P. Hottenstein against Robert Hottenstein. From a judgment for the named plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEwbank, C. J.
This was an action to establish and probate an alleged lost or destroyed will. It was commenced by the father of appellee in the names of himself and his daughter, before appellee had reached the age of twenty-one years. The complaint alleged and the court found that in 1894, Charles A. Hottenstein made a will by which he gave to appellee’s father and appellant a life estate in certain lands, with remainders to their children, respectively, and caused it to be duly witnessed; that in 1898, he added a codicil, and caused it to be duly witnessed; that he died in 1903, and that after his death…
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