Phelps v. Phelps

On the 20th day of July, 1906, George Phelps executed his last will and testament at St. Paul, Minn. He died on the 7th day of November, 1907, and his said will was duly probated in Winneshiek C'ounty, Iowa. One of the bequests under the sixth item of his will was of $25,000 to his brother, Thomas Phelps, of Chicago, Ill. Thomas Phelps died on the 25th day of December, 1906, leaving surviving him two daughters, Lillian Phelps Merrill, the appellant herein, and Viola Phelps Carpenter, his only heirs at law. The appellant brought this action to compel the executors to pay to her one-half of the…