Meyer v. Weiler
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — Hon. W. F. BraNNAN, Judge. Suit in equity for the construction of the will of Andrew Weiler, deceased. The trial court found that a certain bequest made by the devisor to bis widow was of a fee, and that defendants took nothing under the will. Defendants appeal.
1DissentWeaveb, J.
(dissenting). — Clearness and certainty in the — law especially as it relates to matters of general and vital interest — are greatly to be desired, and in no case is this result more important that in controversies arising over the distribution of property by will. If, therefore, in the present case, a surrender of my personal views would promote that desirable end, 1 should feel in duty bound to yield my own opinion to that of the majority. Being fully convinced, however, that the conclusions of the court as expressed by Justices Deemer and McClain are wholly without sufficient support in…
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