Quinn v. Shields
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. ActioN in chancery to construe a will, and to set aside certain bequests therein made. A demurrer to tbe petition was sustained, and, plaintiffs refusing to amend, tbe petition was dismissed. • Plaintiffs appeal. The facts of tbe case are fully stated in tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. Mary Tally, deceased, executed a will, in the sixth item of which she directs that a certain note and mortgage securing it, made to her by The Sisters of the Humility of Mary, a corporation organized under the laws of the state, should be surrendered to that corporation, and should he canceled without payment. The seventh item of the will disposes of certain notes and mortgages by directing, in tbe language of tbe will, that the securities “shall go and be held and controlled and managed by my friend and relative, Miss Mary T. Shields, for and during her natural life, and for her and to…
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