Jordan v. Hinkle
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Davis District Court. — Hon. T. M. Fee, Judge. The plaintiff, as guardian, asks that the title to cer-tain real estate be quieted in her ward, Gracie Jordan, as against defendants (appellants), and for an order to sell said real estate. The question involved is as to the proper construction to be given to the last will and testament of James H. Jordan, deceased.
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Appeal from Davis District Court. — Hon. T. M. Fee, Judge. The plaintiff, as guardian, asks that the title to cer-tain real estate be quieted in her ward, Gracie Jordan, as against defendants (appellants), and for an order to sell said real estate. The question involved is as to the proper construction to be given to the last will and testament of James H. Jordan, deceased. On hearing had, said will was construed as claimed by the plaintiff, and decree rendered accordingly, from which the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
I. The will of Mr. Jordan, after directing in the first paragraph, the payment of debts and funeral expenses out of the personal property, provides, in the second, that the proceeds of the personal property remaining shall be divided equally among his grandchildren, naming them, being the plaintiff’s ward and the defendants (appellants) above named. The third paragraph devised “to the heirs at law of my daughter Sallie Hinkle, to share and share alike, the following described real estate,” describing certain lands. The fourth parapraph devised “to Keo Jordan, daughter of my deceased son…
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