Sagers v. Sagers
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Polk District Court. — PIon. W. H. McHenry, Judge. Action to quiet title. There was a judgment for the plaintiffs, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, C. J.
The plaintiffs alleged that their father, Jacob Sagers, died testate in 1903, seised of the land in controversy, and that by a codicil to his will he devised said land to his son, W. L. Sagers, and to the heirs of his own body; that said W. L. Sagers died testate in 1908, and in his will attempted to devise this real estate to his wife, Pauline Sagers, defendant herein, and that, because of such pretended devise, Pauline Sagers claims to be the owner of the real estate; that W. L. Sagers never begot a child, and consequently neither had nor left “heirs of his own body”; that by reason of his…
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