Furenes v. Mickelson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Court. —Hon. D. B. Hindman, Judge. Action in equity to set aside a conveyance of real estate. From an order sustaining a motion of the defendant to dismiss the action, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
On the twenty-third day of July, 1889, Thor Olsen, a naturalized citizen of Story county, died testate, leaving a widow, but no children. His *509will was probated, and the consent of his widow to accept its provisions was entered in the proper court record. The will gave to the widow a life estate in all the property, both personal and real, of the decedent, and provided that "at her death one-half of the estate should be distributed among his heirs, and the remainder among her heirs. It was executed about one year before his death. A day or two before his death he and his wife executed to the…
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