Royer v. Potter
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Seward county: Edward E. Good, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.
Action by the executors to obtain a construction of the will of the late Jane E. Douglass. The findings and judgment of the district court for Seward county were in favor of the contentions of the executors, and Thomas Dorsey Beall, one of the.collateral heirs, has appealed.
It appears that Jane E. Douglass, late a resident of Seward, Nebraska, by her will, which has been duly admitted to probate, in items 9 and 10 of that document, provided as follows:
Item 9. “I give, grant, devise and bequeath to the First Congregational Church Society of Seward, Nebraska, * * * the income derived from sixty…
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