Winchester v. Hoover
Oregon Supreme Court
From Jackson: Hiero K. Hanna, Judge. Suit by Winchester & Main against tbe widow and children of George W. Hoover to determine ah adverse interest in realty, and the principal question is the meaning of the will left by deceased. Plaintiffs had a decree from which defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
1. This is a suit to determine conflicting or adverse claims to real property. The facts are that on October 12,1886, George W. Hoover died in Douglas County, leaving a will, in which, after giving to his children and grandchildren $1 each, he devised and bequeathed “all the balance, remainder, and residue of my estate, including both real and personal property, which I .may own at the time of my death, and not herein otherwise disposed of, to my wife, Huldah E. Hoover, to have and hold during her life, or while she shall remain unmarried, to pay my debts, to support herself, and to maintain…
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