Bowman v. Swanwood Coal Co.

R. W. Marquis, long a resident and successful business man of Polk County, died intestate in February, 1909, survived by two daughters, the plaintiffs Alice J. Bowman and Adeline Grace Jones, and three sons, named as defendants: Richard Hayden Marquis, Walter Courtney Marquis, and Clifford Sinclair Marquis.

On or about November 22, 1905, R. W. Marquis, who was then a widower, conveyed the title to all his property to the defendants Walter Courtney and Clifford Sinclair Marquis, as trustees, in trust for themselves and the. other parties named above as beneficiaries. Prior to the execution of…