WARD v. SEARS

No. 48970.

78 N.W.2d 545 (1956)

Daniel F. WARD, Emma F. Waters, Mary C. King, Mary D. Brueck, James E. Waters and Rosemary A. Underwood, Appellees, v. Richard O. SEARS and Richard O. Sears, Executor of an Instrument purporting to be a Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth M. Johnson, Deceased, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 18, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Buell Smith, Robert B. Dickey, Hollingsworth & Hollingsworth, William L. Hollingsworth, Keokuk, for appellant.

McManus & McManus, E. J. McManus, Keokuk, for appellees.


OLIVER, Justice.

April 2, 1953, Elizabeth M. Johnson signed a will giving "all * * * the property of which I may die possessed and especially Lot 5, in Block 104", etc., (her home in Keokuk) to defendant, Richard O. Sears, a neighbor to whom she was not related. Mr. Sears was nominated executor without bond. She died April 29. Her estate amounted to at least $25,000, and consisted of her home and $20,000 in bonds and money.

The will was admitted to probate...

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