In re Will of Ames
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clinton Circuit Gowt. On the 13th day of February, 1877, an instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Mary Ames, deceased, was filed in the office of the clerk of the Clinton Circuit Court, and at the same time George W. Ames, the executor, filed his petition, asking that a day be fixed for proving the same, and that upon the final hearing said will be allowed and recorded as the last will of said deceased, and that he be…
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Appeal from Clinton Circuit Gowt. On the 13th day of February, 1877, an instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Mary Ames, deceased, was filed in the office of the clerk of the Clinton Circuit Court, and at the same time George W. Ames, the executor, filed his petition, asking that a day be fixed for proving the same, and that upon the final hearing said will be allowed and recorded as the last will of said deceased, and that he be •commissioned as said executor. On the 21 st day of September, 1877, the appellees, Adaline 'Blades, Philena Ryner, Louisa Johnson…
1Opinion of the Court
Day, -J.
— At the time of the death of the testatrix, Mary Ames, the following named persons were her heirs, to-wit: Mary Philibut and John Hall, children by her first marriage; Dolly Ordway and John Philibut, grandchildren of the testatrix, and children of Harriet Philibut, a daughter of the testatrix by her first marriage; Philena Ryner, Adaline Blades5 Louisa Johnson, Susan Eoutzong, George W. Ames and Mary C. Crowley, children of the testatrix by her marriage with George W. Ames, deceased. These persons were all legatees in the will in controversy, their several legacies being as follows:…
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