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• rut . UWenter term, r the liken • din will wnHu of ihtnwa.I’rolmU* Court.The will of the lute Milton If. Swift wmh submitted for probate on Tuesday. It is very brief, the provisions of it being very few. There are two special bequests—-one of $ 1,000 to Kniilj Swilt, of Dexter, Mich., willow of ftiHHius Swift, brother of the dc ceased, and one of $2,000 to hi* niece Jet.* nie S. Hale, the same to he paid within two!jelt;t i anion iThechordAll arllnMontiWlyearn The rest an I residue of the estate is , dally iitiveil to the testator's sun. Kdward C. Swift,! (iY 11Outiniilott. Thu Aril, of day. rase • was Hen-, lilt'd it in ly-fem-vcl-She .alia in n tie a him mid wu*. mid :Mtb,moldanalarryiold'8»urseandgoodeMrtesi thewho in appointed exreutor without bond The will was made uti the 5th of March and witnessed ^y D B Snow, Heorge 8. I‘nine and S It. Blanchard. Though not requiredi.. give bond the executor gave his personal bond for $ lll.tHK). The estate is a valuable one, and consists «f real, personal and mixed property.In if' M'lttrr t th- /iroffitt of ihf will ofcrick HVt'Ar, tiltf lt;1. rfiiAf (.On notober 'J7, 1884, the deceased, who resided in Kicbland, made n will, leaving hi ' roper!y fwhhdi consisted of !I20 acres .! bin I and sumo personal property i to fiis four married daughters—Mrs. 8trohmeyer, Mr-. I.eighthart, Mrs Clause nod Mrs W i!s man mil appointed Nicholas Shi whack ex eeutor. By tin* terms f the will Mrs. ClauseAvenationThethuis i (Jura 1 Shave Ella Black Put; quest* togetli and il«Fi H Ills., . now m at I »•grudureceived more real estate, an 1 the personal 'II S»*for its* by T. I lie the -elf de eldbyrhenilthear-properly was divided equally. After the will was made ii was delivered to theexecu-i i who kept it ill his possession, and shortly after the death of the testator brought it into court for probate. The prohatitig of it is resisted by Mrs. Slrohtneycr, Mrs. height hart and Mrs. Wilsman an the ground that in January last the deceased ma le another will, which they produce in court as “the last will and testament.” The matter was hear! before Judge Evans on May 12th and Uih, Senator Duncan appearing forii,. executor and Messrs. Brower and \N idiuer for the contettai.ta The ground of the c mtostante’ claim is (hat the latest will should be probated I e anso it better ex. pressed the Intention of the testator, giving to the heirs equal shares. This i* resisted by the executor and Clause, whose wife is n«»w lead, who state that It was obtained by undue influence, and that it was made when the testator was non comers. Evi ience was heard upon the subjict of his mental condi lion prior to his death, and the court look the mattit under advisement. The content mg heirs a-k f«»r the appointment of Hon. C I. Hoffmann, of Eagle, as ndmiutstrutor.IVI* 4 I •* IIU tilruou•»f tinI II llio mill OS.MAUXUua-.Mr.pllbti'tpent a Thi yesdei accou day tl men t •wunj tv foe here.Het year. nettiH M Ji Tin quart* lt;n tin pi inti A | tenia the o. They i net*.D.Vultll U«* ti» town
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The Ottawa Free Trader
Ottawa, Iowa, US
Sat, May 22, 1886
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