In re Estate of Gill
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. F. Conrad, Judge. On petition of tke administrator for an order to sell real estate to pay debts.
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Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. F. Conrad, Judge. On petition of tke administrator for an order to sell real estate to pay debts. There is no controversy as to the facts, and those necessary to an understanding of the questions presented are as follows: William John Gill, an alien, and subject to Great Britain, resided in Iowa up to, and for some years prior to, 1880, after which he resided in other of the United States to the time of his death, in 1887, at which time he was a resident in the state of New Jersey. He left Elizabeth Gill, his widow, but no children, surviving him.…
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
I. It will be seen by the foregoing statement that both Mr. and Mrs. Gill were aliens; that Mrs. Gill never resided in the United States, and that Mr. Gill had not resided in this state since 1880, and at the time of his death, in 1887, he was a resident of the state of New Jersey. Code, section 2442, is as follows : “The widow of a non-resident alien shall be entitled to the same rights in the property of her husband as a resident, except as against a purchaser from the decedent.”
i Dorat-wia-Sdentnon" alien:” who ia, The first question presented is whether the deceased was a non-resident,…
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