Boland v. Tiernay
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Plymouth Distriet Court. — Hon. John F. Oliver, Judge. Action to quiet title to land' and for accounting of rents and profits. Decree as prayed. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, C. J.
James Tiernay died testate, March 19, 1891, leaving as his only near relations a son, J. J. Tiernay, and two grandchildren, James T. Kelley and the plaintiff. The son was a bachelor, and had always resided with deceased, as had also the grandchildren, who were orphans, from their infancy. The bulk of the estate was left to the son. Certain moneys invested in notes and mortgages in Carroll county were bequeathed to the grandchildren, and land in Plymouth county was devised to them as follows: “It is my will and I hereby give and bequeath to my said grandchildren the south half of the southwest…
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