Tout v. Woodin
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keolculc District Court. — Hon. W. G-. Clements, Judge. Plaintiff claims to be tbe illegitimate son of Evan H. Sldllman, deceased, who in his lifetime recognized such relationship. Sldllman died without will, and this action was begun to establish plaintiff’s alleged rights as an heir of the estate. Decree as prayed, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
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— I. The law applicable to eases of this class is not the subject of serious dispute between counsel, but, concerning its effect as applied to the case at bar, there naturally a wide divergence of opinion- The evidence on part of the plaintiff ^ ^ Ev¡m Skillman wag born in the year 1850, and, except for a period (as hereinafter noted) when he was under restraint in a hospital for the insane, he lived quite continuously at Sigourney, Iowa. In the year 1894 he married one Emma Bunyon, who died without issue. Skillman died without direct heirs, unless…
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