Hodge v. Wellman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — C. W. Vermilion, Judge. Aotion in equity by tlie lieirs at law of Peter G. Ballingall, deceased, praying that they be decreed to be the owners of the Ballingall hotel property in the city of Ottumwa. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, and judgment entered in favor of defendants for costs. Plaintiffs appeal. —
1Opinion of the Court
Stevens, J.-
Peter G. Ballingall died in 1891, and his will was admitted to probate in Wapello County on August 25, 1891. *878By the ninth paragraph thereof, he devised certain real property to the city of Ottumwa in trust for certain designated purposes. This paragraph is as follows:
“All that portion of my estate known as the Ballingall House property, being Lot Three Hundred and Thirty-seven (337) and the northwest 22yz feet off of Lot Three Hundred and Thirty-eight (338) in the city of Ottumwa, Iowa. Also the northwest twenty-two feet, more or less, off of Lot Three Hundred and Thirty-nine…
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