Wilkerson v. Long
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Jefferson District Cowt. — C. W. Vermilion, J udge. The controversy herein involves certain probate proceedings in the district court. It' involves the title to a certain 40-acre tract of land, Avliich was devised by the will of Sexton Mount, probated in November, 1885. An administrator de bonis non of the estate of Sexton Mount was appointed, upon the application of appellee Kurtz.
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Appeal from, Jefferson District Cowt. — C. W. Vermilion, J udge. The controversy herein involves certain probate proceedings in the district court. It' involves the title to a certain 40-acre tract of land, Avliich was devised by the will of Sexton Mount, probated in November, 1885. An administrator de bonis non of the estate of Sexton Mount was appointed, upon the application of appellee Kurtz. This procedure was resisted by appellant, Wilkerson, upon grounds to be stated in the opinion. The trial court confirmed the appointment, and authorized the administrator to proceed, pursuant to the…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
Sexton Mount, then a widower, died testate, on or about November, 1885. He left surviving him three children as his sole heirs at law, and as his sole beneficiaries in esse of his will. These were John H. Mount, Ella E. Wilkerson, and Grace Mount Kurtz. Grace Mount Kurtz died testate in 1890, without issue, leaving John F. Kurtz, appellee herein, as her surviving husband. By Paragraphs 2, 3, and i of his will, the testator distributed several hundred acres of land with apparent approximate equality among his three children. Paragraphs 1, 5, 6, and 7 of said will were as follows:
“1. I give and…
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