In re Estate of Guthrie
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — K. E. Willcockson, Judge. Appeal by creditors of the estate from an order holding certain property to be exempt from liability for payment of their claims. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
James D. Guthrie died testate, January 22, 1916. He was the head of a family, and held title to a forty-acre tract of land which he had occupied as a homestead for *852forty years or more. His surviving family consisted of .five children, two of whom were born to him in lawful wedlock, and three who had been regularly and legally adopted by him. By his will, which has .been duly admitted to probate, he bequeathed to each of his adopted children the sum of $25, and directed that, after paying the further sum of $800 to his daughter, Alice M. Stuart, the residue of his estate should be equally…
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