NAFFZIGER v. COOK

No. 36099.

137 N.W.2d 804 (1965)

179 Neb. 264

Eleanor NAFFZIGER, Winifred Howard and Dorothy Meade, Appellants, v. Margaret COOK and Margaret Hoffman, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

November 5, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright, Simmons & Hancock, Scottsbluff, for appellants.

Lester A. Danielson, Scottsbluff, for appellees.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and CARTER, SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, BROWER, SMITH, and McCOWN, JJ.


SMITH, Justice.

In this action between a widow and her stepdaughters we review a declaratory judgment construing the will of Harold J. Cook, deceased, and specifying estate assets ultimately liable for death taxes and a mortgage debt.

Cook willed to his wife a life estate in the Agate Springs Ranch, to his four daughters by a previous marriage all real property "subject * * * to the life estate," and to his wife all other property. He emphasized the life estate...

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