Rice v. Rice
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Gourt. — Hon. B. W. Preston and Hon. W. Gf. Clements, Judges. Suit in equity for the partition of four hundred and sixty-four acres of land. There was a decree from which plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
This is an action for the partition of real estate formerly belonging to Wm. H. H. Rice. It was *3brought by his widow, Emily M. Rice, and her son, A. L. Rice; but she has died since the case was decided in the district court, and her son and administrator, A. L. Rice, has been substituted as plaintiff. In 1889 Wm. H. H. Rice made a will, by the terms of which he devised to his wife, Emily M. Rice, one-third of all the real estate of which he might died seised in lieu of her statutory share therein. In the seventh clause of said will he bequeathed to his daughter, Mrs. Ella J. Cochran, eighty…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- O'Ferrall v. SimplotSupreme Court of Iowa · 1857
- In re the Will of MillerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Davis v. CloseSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- Hall v. HallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Wright v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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