Legal Opinion
Blackford v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 20, 1939No. 44550PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBliss, J.
Alexander Coleman, a resident of Lee county, Iowa, died testate on December 17, 1933, leaving neither wife, nor direct heirs, surviving him. His testamentary papers consisted of a will and two' codicils thereto. All of these were admitted to probate, without contest, on April 19, 1935, by the district court of Lee county. The plaintiff-appellee was appointed executor, and he qualified. By these testamentary documents, the testator provided for the payment of his just debts and funeral expenses, and bequeathed and devised the residuum of his estate' to- the improvement and hard surfacing of…
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