In re Will of Foster
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clayton Circuit Court. David R. Foster executed a will which was duly admitted to probate, and this action was brought to determine the right of his widow to a share of' the personal estate. The court held that it was not essential that the widow should elect to take under the will. The heirs at law appeal.
1Opinion
Opinion on rehearing.
Filed, December 21, 1888.
David. R. Foster,
in his life-time, executed a will which contains the following provisions: “(1) After paying my funeral expenses and just debts, if any, I give to my daughters, Dora Bixby and Lizzie Sandusky, one hundred dollars each. (2) I give and bequeath to my wife, Mary Jane Foster, the remainder of all property, both real and personal, including all stock of all kinds, and all notes, mortgages and all property of every name and nature, so long as she shall live. (3) After the decease of my wife, all the property remaining is to be divided…
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