Martens v. Sachs

Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Douglas county, to have the court adjudge and decree that the bequest, in the sum of $2,500, made in the last will of Edward Sachs, deceased, is, under the terms of the will, a charge upon an 80-acre tract of land owned by the testator in his lifetime. The trial court found that paragraph 2 of the will was not operative and ordered that the assets of the estate, including the real estate, should pass to the four *679children, share and share alike, as provided in the residuary clause of the will, paragraph 3, hereinafter set out. From this…