Scott v. Scott
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Iowa District Court.— How. R. P. Howell, Judge. Application of tbe legatees entitled to certain moneys, mortgages, and stocks after the death of the life tenant for an order requiring said life tenant to give security that the corpus of the legacy be forthcoming at her death. The relief was granted as prayed, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, O. J.
The will of James Scott was construed in Scott v. Scott, 132 Iowa, 37, to bequeath $3,000 to his widow, *240Nancy N. Scott, and the nse of the residue of the estate during life, with remainder over to his heirs, who are the appellees in this case. The estate consisted of personal property save a one-fourth interest in a hotel at Andes, N. Y., consisting of money and mortgages amounting to $18,600. After deducting the legacy to her there remained $15,600 worth of property of which she is entitled to the use and to the principal of which the appellees are entitled at her death. She was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Whittemore v. RussellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1888
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