Woodard v. Woodard
Supreme Court of Iowa
■Appeal from Fremont District Gowrt. — O. D. Wheeler, Judge. This appeal involves a construction of the will of Ellen P. Monroe, with a view to determining whether it violates our statute against perpetuities, or is void for other reasons urged. The trial court held the will to be valid. We find no argument for appellee.
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
I. In the preliminary statement found in the argument for appellants, there is language which might be construed to claim that both the will at bar and the codicil thereto are violative of our statute rule against perpetuities, and that both are void for this and still other reasons. Considering the argument for the appellants as a whole, we incline to the view that the codicil, rather than the original will, is attacked. We are, at all events, of the opinion that none of the objections urged nullify the original will. That will provides:(a) That the executor invest to best advantage and pay…
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