In re Estate of Freeman
Supreme Court of Iowa
■Appeal from Taylor District Court. — Hon. H. M. Towner, Judge. The administrator of tbe estate of S. C. Freeman and all tbe beirs of tbe said Freeman filed motions and petitions for tbe construction of tbe will of tbe deceased.
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■Appeal from Taylor District Court. — Hon. H. M. Towner, Judge. The administrator of tbe estate of S. C. Freeman and all tbe beirs of tbe said Freeman filed motions and petitions for tbe construction of tbe will of tbe deceased. Tbe matter was- submitted to tbe district court, sitting as a court of probate, resulting in an order ’to tbe effect that a certain paragraph of tbe will was inoperative and nonenforceable because repugnant to other provisions of tbe instrument, and that tbe eleven children of tbe deceased, or their successors, each took a one-eleventb .of the property. Tbe parties…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
The will of the deceased, so far as material, reads as follows:
Par. III. I will and bequeath to my sons, William James Ereeman, Samuel William Ereeman, Valentine Wilson Ereeman, Lee Bird Freeman, Eranlc Leasure Freeman and Benjamin Campbell Ereeman, and to my five daughters, Martha Jane Johnson, Caroline Keasling, Emma Earnham, Armitta Hoskinson and Hattie Half, each the one-eleventh in value of my entire estate, both real and personal; upon the express provisions and conditions stipulated in paragraph IV and V of this will, to wit:
Par. IV. Whereas, my said son, William James Ereeman, has had…
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