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In re Estate of Stevens

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 15, 1913PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from Carroll District Court. — Hon. M. E, Hutchinson, Judge. Cross-appeals from an order made by tbe District Court on an application for an election by an alleged insane widow as to whether she should take under a will of her deceased husband, and from the order of election directed to be made by said District Court.

1Opinion of the CourtDeemek, J.

Mary Stevens is the widow of Gerhard Johan Stevens, who died testate on the 1st day of August, 1894, leaving his widow and three children, Henry, Herman, and Mary Korwes, and one John Pels, a grandson, surviving. Testator was, at the time of his death, seised of the E. % of the S. E. % and the E. % of the S. W. % of the S. E. ^ of section 16, containing one hundred and nine acres of land; and the S. E. % of section 28, containing one hundred and sixty acres; and the N. % of the S. W. % of section 27, containing eighty acres — or, in all, three hundred and forty-nine acres of land. He was also…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. McGuire v. BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
  2. Daugherty v. DaughertySupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
  3. Mohn v. MohnSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
  4. Potter v. WorleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1881
  5. Byerly v. ShermanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Mead v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
  2. Dolbeare v. BowserMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
  3. First National Exchange Bank v. HughsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
  4. In re BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
  5. In re Kohn's EstateUtah Supreme Court · 1920

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