Legal Opinion
Houston v. Lane
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 8, 1883PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from Des Moines Circuit Court. A motioN was made by defendants in tbe court below, sitting as a court of probate,-in tbe matter of tbe estate of Sopbia H. Warren, deceased, that an entry be made of record of the consent of the husband of tbe testator to take under tbe will. Tbe motion was sustained, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of Fitz • Henry Warren, deceased, and the defendants are the executors of the will of his wife, Sophia H. Warren, deceased. On the 21st day of May, 1877, the will of Mrs. Warren was admitted to probate in the court below. It is in' the following language.
“I, Sophia II. Warren, wife of Fitz Henry Warren, of Burlington, Iowa, do make and publish this my last will.
“1. I appoint 0. 0. Warren and George H. Lane executors without-bond.
“2. After my debts are paid, I direct that one-third of my estate, real, personal or mixed, be held, invested and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Baldozier v. HaynesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
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