Richardson v. Richardson Ex Rel. Estate of Richardson

On July 23, 1905, Francis P. Richardson died intestate owning 180 acres of land in the West Half of Section 13, Township 74 North, Range 12 West of the Fifth P.M., in Keokuk County, Iowa. That ownership dated back to various deeds to him executed in 1878, 1879, 1886 and 1898, conveying various tracts making up the portion known in the record (“for brevity”) as group A. It may be considered the original Richardson home.

He left surviving him his widow, Louisa C. Richardson (who never remarried and who died intestate January 17,1939), and their four children: Nora Belle (Martin), Arthur Y.…