Blackett v. Ziegler
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fayette District Court. — IIon. L. E. Fellows, Judge. William Blackett died testate October 5, 1879. His will was admitted to probate December 1st of the same year/ It left all his property to his wife during her life, and directed that both real and personal property be converted into money by the executors of his estate, “and divided into three equal parts among my three children, as follows, to wit: One share to my son II.
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Appeal from Fayette District Court. — IIon. L. E. Fellows, Judge. William Blackett died testate October 5, 1879. His will was admitted to probate December 1st of the same year/ It left all his property to his wife during her life, and directed that both real and personal property be converted into money by the executors of his estate, “and divided into three equal parts among my three children, as follows, to wit: One share to my son II. S. Blackett of Lawler, Chickasaw County, Iowa, and one share to my daughter Elizabeth W. Lewis of Clermont, Iowa, the remaining one-third to be invested by…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
briefs:' specification of errors: review. I. Appellee challenges the propriety of is no longer essential; but in the preparation of his brief the appellant is still required to indicate to this court m an understandable way the errors in the rulings of the trial court which he seeks to have reviewed. Cooper v. City of Oelwein, 145 Iowa, 181. It is desirable, as a matter of convenience, that the order prescribed in rule 54 shall be adhered to in brief making; but this is not jurisdictional, and the court ought not to decline to pass on errors asserted even though, as in this case, the brief…
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