In re the Estate & Probate of the Will of Zachary
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court.- — Hon. John F. Talbott, Judge. Proceeding to vacate an order denying probate to the last will of Larkin E. Zachary. From a judgment against them denying such, the petitioners appeal. —
1Opinion of the CourtWithrow, J.
I. On the 27th day of October, 1902, Larkin E. Zachary, a resident of Jasper county, died possessed of an estate amounting to about $250,000. Shortly after-wards an instrument purporting to be his last will and testament was filed for probate in the district court of Jasper county, and the usual notice by publication was given of the time fixed for hearing. At the time of his death Mr. Zachary left surviving him five children and several grandchildren, and in the offered instrument it was provided for his children to take life estates in certain property therein devised, to them, with…
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