Palmer v. Evans

This is an interlocutory appeal, perfected with permission (R. C. P. 332), in a declaratory-judgment action (Division XI, R. C. P.), from the rulings on points of law tendered by the pleadings and motions (R. C. P. 105).

The issues arise from an attack upon a will and the administration of an estate in the process of probate in Scott County. The issues involve the application of and the right to invoke the Iowa mortmain statute, the rule against perpetuities, the cy pres doctrine, the rules of will construction, plaintiff’s right and standing to assert his claimed rights, and waiver and…