PRINGLE v. HOUGHTON

No. 49387.

88 N.W.2d 789 (1958)

Elizabeth C. PRINGLE, Appellant, v. Hiram C. HOUGHTON, Jr., and H. Deemer Houghton, Trustees Under the Will of Hiram Cole Houghton, Deceased, and Stuart H. Pringle, Jr., Frederick C. Pringle, Ann Pringle and Joan Pringle, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Stewart & Garrett and Harry T. Watts, Des Moines, for appellant.

R. J. Swanson, Red Oak, for trustees-appellees.

Jonathan B. Richards, Red Oak, guardian ad litem for appellees, Stuart H. Pringle, Jr., Frederick C. Pringle, Ann Pringle and Joan Pringle.


PETERSON, Chief Justice.

This action involves construction of the will of Hiram Cole Houghton. He died in Montgomery County in September 1925. He left surviving him his widow, Lulu W. Houghton, his third wife, and six children. Julia J. Eldridge was a daughter by his first wife. He made special mention of her in his will, and she is not involved in this action. He had five children by his second wife and this action pertains to a trust established by decedent as same...

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