Hawk v. Day
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keohulc District Court. — Hon. K. E. Willcockson, Judge. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
Leah Hawk, Mary Ann Hawk, and Rebecca E. Hawk were sisters and owners in common of a tract of land in Keokuk County on which they lived in a common home. On December 7, 1898, Leah Hawk died testate. By the terms of her will she gave her one-third interest in the land, describing it, to her surviving sisters, also her personal property, “to hold and use during their natural lives and what remains at their death to go to Robert W. Hawk’s children, each sharing equal.” Robert W. Hawk was the son of the testatrix. The punctuation was such as to cast doubt upon its proper construction, and the…
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