Nichols v. Swickard

Townsend Nichols, a resident of Los Angeles, California, made a will on June 25,1914. He owned at that time over 2,000 acres of land in Iowa, and, among the other provisions of this will, he gave a life estate .in a certain 160 acres of land, specifically described, to a nephew, •Myrton W. Brockway, with remainder over to his grandnephew, Benjamin F.' Nichols, plaintiff in this case.- In the fourth division of the will he gave a life estate in another specifically described • 160 acres to Ida 0. Nash, with the remainder over to Benjamin F. Nichols. In the fifth paragraph he gave a life estate…