Schroeder v. Wilcox
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court of Douglas county. Heard below before Wakele'y, J. The opinion contains a staiement of the case. The word “heirs,” as used in the will, was intended to mean, and does mean, children. (Barton v. Tuttle, 62 N. H., 558; Moore v. Lewis, 4 O. Circuit Court, 284; Davis v. Davis, 39 N. J. Eq., 14; Jarvis v. Quigley, 10 B. Mon. [Ky.], 106; Haley v. Boston, 108 Mass., 579; Haverstick’s Appeal, 103 Pa.
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Appeal from the district court of Douglas county. Heard below before Wakele'y, J. The opinion contains a staiement of the case. The word “heirs,” as used in the will, was intended to mean, and does mean, children. (Barton v. Tuttle, 62 N. H., 558; Moore v. Lewis, 4 O. Circuit Court, 284; Davis v. Davis, 39 N. J. Eq., 14; Jarvis v. Quigley, 10 B. Mon. [Ky.], 106; Haley v. Boston, 108 Mass., 579; Haverstick’s Appeal, 103 Pa. St., 394; Hinton v. Milburn, 23 W. Ya., 166; Beatty v. Trustees Cory Universalist Society, 39 N. J. Eq., 463; Bailey v. Patterson, 3 Rich. Eq. [S. Car.], 156; Williamson v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Ryan, C.
' Prior to October 19, 1882, Platt Saunders was the owner of a tract of land south of and near the city of Omaha, known as the “Platt Saunders ten-acre tract.” About the 13th of October, 1882, the said Platt Saunders executed a will, and on October 19, 1882, died, leaving no widow and leaving ¿s his only children one son, John K. Saunders, and one daughter, Mrs. Perlia J. Wilcox, both of whom were then married and each had living children, which fact was known to said Platt Saunders when he made *142his said will. The following is a copy of the will in question.
“ I, Platt Saunders, of…
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