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BRENNEMAN v. BENNETT

No. 19625.

420 F.2d 19 (1970)

Elwin Donald BRENNEMAN, Margaret Zoe Hemmingson and Barbara Esterbrook, Appellees, v. Nancy Ruth Hockett BENNETT and Elizabeth Anne Hockett Mayer, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Riley, of Duncan, Jones, Riley & Davis, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellants, Jerry P. Alt, Des Moines, Iowa, on the brief.

Jeffrey E. Lamson, of Herrick, Langdon, Belin & Harris, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees, David W. Belin, Des Moines, Iowa, on the brief.

Before MATTHES, BLACKMUN and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the troublesome problem of construing an instrument executed in 19181 by Christian and Sarah Nysewander, husband and wife (hereinafter Christian and Sarah). The controversy is between the natural children (appellants) of Bertha Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Christian and Sarah, and the adopted children (appellees) of Nancy Ethel, the other daughter...

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