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IN RE GIVENS' ESTATE

No. 50806.

119 N.W.2d 191 (1963)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Lily GIVENS, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith & Hanson, Emmetsburg, for plaintiffs-petitioners, proponents-appellants.

Linnan, Lynch & Straub, Algona, for defendants-contestants-appellees.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Lily Givens died a resident of West Bend, in Palo Alto County, on April 7, 1959. She was the widow of Dr. H. Frank Givens, who had practiced medicine in West Bend and vicinity since 1918. He died in April of 1958. The couple had no children. Dr. Givens left a last will which was duly probated. It bequeathed and devised his entire estate, with the exception of two specific bequests of $5,000 each, to his spouse, Lily Givens. The estate was substantial...

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