The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-14
New Court Cases.

Two wills have been filed for probate
with Clerk Tharp in the estate of Mrs.
Lydia 4. Stephens. The first one is
dated Dec. 8, 1900, being witnessed by
Nellie Beavers end Eva M. Dye. In it
she bequeaths, $50 90. ito. her. sistep-i1-
Inv, Jane Stephens, $4,000 to her nei.e
Mrs. Hattie Olsen, and to her daughter.
! Mrs. f. Beavers, all her real estate dar-
ing her life and at her death it is to be
divided equally among her children.
All OF her personal property is be-
queathed to her brother-in-law, 7. J..
Stephens, to hold in trust and the inter
est derived from it to be paid to Mrs.
f. Demonstrating her life, and at her
death the money to be equally divided
among her children. In case of this
death OF Mrs. +. Beavers and all her
children before Mrs. Stephens, she be-
queaths all of her property to be equal
~ divided between her brother-in- laws,
L. }. and c. A. Stephens, her sister-in-
law, Miss Jane Stephens, her neice, MFs.
Hattie Olsen, and her brother, L. c.
Hlnkst. She also provides for the pay
ment ofi$10.00 to her neice, Mrs. Myrtle
Owen. The second will is dated at
Woodland, Iowa, Oct. 2a, 1905, being
witncssediby Nora Rains and Jennie j.
Massey, and in it she bequeaths to her
granddaughter, Grace Beavers, her
trunk and organ. To her grandchildren
Ellis Beavers and Grace Beavers, tho
sum OF $500 each. To her daughter,
M aud Beavers, all of the balance of her
property real and personal during her
life time, and at her death it is to go to
her children in equal shares. She names
her brother, Lie. Hinkst, executor of the
will without bond.
Floyd Smith, Of Pleasanton, filed an
application for the appointment of
Arthur Walker as his guardian, this
step being necessary in order that he
could secure marriage license his par
ents being dead and he being under age
1T was necessary to secure the consent
Of his guardian before he could be mar
ried.
W. NJ. Stuart VS.. Emeline Stuart ct al.
The parties are the heirs of David A.
Stuart, who died in Decatur county on
Dec. IA. 1898, owning at the time of His
death the east half of the southwest !
and the southwest of the southwest J
OF section 81. township Is, range u, De-
catur county, Iowa. The plaintiff asks
that the shares Of the various heirs be
confirmed and that an order be made
that the property be sold and the pro-
ceeds divided among the heirs. S. "A.
GaIes attorney for plaintiff.
J.P. Jordan VS.. S. Lillard, f. j. Lillard
and II. j. Lillard. Suit is brought on a.
promissory note for S557.1O. S. H. Amos.
attorney for plaintiff
j.. p. Jordan VS.. G. P. Arnold ct al.
Action is brought to quiet the title to
certain lands in Garden Grove town,
ship. S. H. Amos attorney for plaintiff.
Luticia Bennett VS.. W. j. Bennett and
wife. The plaintiff is the widow of
John Bennett, of Davis City, recently
deceased, and brings action to set aside
deed made by her husband and her
self to lot in Davis City, claiming that
her husband was paralytic for years
before his death, during which time she
was compelled to care for him and
wait on him like an infant. That he
was at times very irritable and short
time before his death his son, the de-
fendant, persuaded him to decd him the
lot, using undue influence upon his
feeble mind and that he threatened the
plaintiff unless she would sign the deed
until she was harassed and troubled
over the matter and was finally forced
into signing the deed, believing that if
she refused it would mean probably the
deaf of her husband. That at the time
the deed was signed that her husband
was in such mental condition that he
did not realize that he would deprive
his wife of a home or any compensation
for caring for him for many years. She
asks that the deed be set aside. Clio.
W. Baker attorney for plaintiff.