Stutsman v. Sharpless
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court.— Hon. M. J. Wade, Judge. The jury found that deceased was of unsound mind when he executed a paper purporting to be his last will. From judgment thereon, proponents appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
Samuel Sharpless was horn in 1822, and married the contestant, then a widow, in 1851. Shortly afterwards his mother came to live with them, bringing with her a grandchild two years old,' the daughter of deceased’s only sister. This child continued in the family, after the grandmother’s death, until 1891, when she was married, and to her was born Charlotte Sharpless Stutsman, May 12, 1891, and Jean Elizabeth Stutsman,.May 20, 1900. Samuel-died June 5, 1901. Two wills were filed for probate, one, executed in 1868, leaving all his property to his widow, and *337the other, executed in 1901, giving…
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