Gilmore v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dallas District Court.— Hon. Edmund Nichols, Judge. Suit in equity to quiet title to certain reax estate in plaintiffs and defendants Emma Deardorff and Etbel Elva Jenkins, against defendants Joseph Henry Jenkins, Edward Franklin Jenkins, and the wife of Joseph H. Jenkins. • The defendant Joseph H. Jenkins denied the ownership of plaintiffs and his codefendants, and pleaded that he was the owner of four thirty-fifths of said real estate.
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Appeal from Dallas District Court.— Hon. Edmund Nichols, Judge. Suit in equity to quiet title to certain reax estate in plaintiffs and defendants Emma Deardorff and Etbel Elva Jenkins, against defendants Joseph Henry Jenkins, Edward Franklin Jenkins, and the wife of Joseph H. Jenkins. • The defendant Joseph H. Jenkins denied the ownership of plaintiffs and his codefendants, and pleaded that he was the owner of four thirty-fifths of said real estate. Plaintiffs in reply averred that Joseph H. Jenkins had received by way of advancement from his father all that he was entitled to of his estate;…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Martin Jenkins died November 15, 1899, seised of the N. W. fractional one-fourth of section 30 in township 80 in Dallas county, Iowa. He also left some personal property, which will be hereinafter referred to. He left surviving his wife, Nancy, and seven children, to wit, Joseph H., Edward F., Ethel Elva, and Yinta Blanche *688Jenkins, and Ada M. Gilmore, Emma E. Deardorff, and Lillie Ann Tilden. On the 15th day of February, 1897, he had executed a will which after his death was duly admitted to probate. This will reads as follows:
First. It is my will that my wife Nancy Jenkins shall receive her…
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