Webb v. Webb
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court.— Hon. William C. Thompson, Judge. This is a controversy among the children and heirs at law of John W. and Elizabeth Webb, deceased, over property which it is claimed at one time belonged to the parents, and which, it is said, was not equitably disposed of. The property now involved consists of a house and lot in the town of Marion, and one hundred and fifteen acres of land in Linn county.
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Appeal from Linn District Court.— Hon. William C. Thompson, Judge. This is a controversy among the children and heirs at law of John W. and Elizabeth Webb, deceased, over property which it is claimed at one time belonged to the parents, and which, it is said, was not equitably disposed of. The property now involved consists of a house and lot in the town of Marion, and one hundred and fifteen acres of land in Linn county. The record title to the lot is in defendants Florence E. and Anabel Webb; to thirty-five acres of the land, in Florence E.; and to eighty acres, in Josephine, Anabel, and…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
John W. Webb died in the year 1891. Before his death he made various provisions for his children, *459who are the parties to this litigation, giving certain ones personal property, and others real estate, and making a will whereby he devised to his wife, .Elizabeth, who survived him, “ all my personal property of every kind and description, to have to hold by her during her life; and at her death the same or whatever remains to be divided between my children equally between them.” There is no controversy over the disposition made by John Webb of any of his property, save the personal estate…
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