Sigmond v. Bebber
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Linn District Court. — Rots. William GK Thompson, Judge. The following .are the material averments of the petition as amended: The plaintiffs are the children and heirs of Christopher Sigmond, deceased, who died testate December 10,1894, seized of about one hundred and seventy-two acres of land, which included a homestead of forty acres.
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Appeal from, Linn District Court. — Rots. William GK Thompson, Judge. The following .are the material averments of the petition as amended: The plaintiffs are the children and heirs of Christopher Sigmond, deceased, who died testate December 10,1894, seized of about one hundred and seventy-two acres of land, which included a homestead of forty acres. By his will he devised to his •widow, now defendant Mary M. Bebber, the control and possession of all his property, real and personal, as long as she should live and remain his widow, with a right of disposal, except as to the real estate, which…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
*4331 *432I. The defendants, aside from Mary M. Bebber, who was the widow of Christopher Sigmond, deceased, are the respective purchasers of the land, in pursuance of the sale by her as administratrix, and one Mary Holub, a daughter of the testator,who had received her proportion of the estate as an advancement, and *433she filed, a disclaimer of any interest in the land, and hence has no further interest in the suit. During the adjustment of the pleadings, the court required the plaintiff's to make the petition more specific in certain particulars, on motion of defendants, and complaint is now made of…
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