Eikman v. Landwehr
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Hancock Circuit Court; Edward W. Felt, Special Judge. Action by Mary C. Landwehr against Edward C. Eikman, as executor of the will of Christina M. Geisel, deceased. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtComstock, P. J.
Action to recover a claim against the estate of Christina M. Geisel, deceased. The pomplaint averred, in substance, that appellee when a child was taken into the home and raised in the family of John and Christina M. Geisel; that she was regarded, treated, and named in the last will of said John Geisel, as an adopted daughter; that said will, which is made a part of the complaint, provided that his wife (said Christina) should pay to said claimant the sum of $500 when claimant arrived at the age of twenty-one years, provided claimant was good and kind to his wife, as a daughter should be;…
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- Warner v. BatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
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