Hopkins v. Antrobus

William Miller, a resident of the city of Burlington, Iowa, died testate September 4, 1899. By the terms of his will he devised a certain lot or tract of land (which constituted his entire estate) to A. M. Antróbus, in trust to sell, and to devote the moneys thus obtained to charitable purposes. The plaintiff brings this action, alleging that she is the daughter by adoption of the testator, and his only heir at law, and as such entitled to inherit the estate. To avoid the effect of the will, she relies upon the statute (Code, section 8270), which says that no devise or bequest to a…