93 Iowa 62 | Iowa | 1894
Mariah Grimmell, deceased, made her will, of which the following is a part: “First. It is my will, and I hereby direct, that as soon as practicable after my death all of my just debts be by my executor paid out of my estate. Second. All of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate which is left after the payment of my debts I hereby will and bequeath in trust to my beloved son, George Sneer, to be by him held, used, and managed during his lifetime for the use and benefit of his two children, George S. Sneer and Minnie E. Sneer, should they survive him. But in the cáse of the death of either the said George S. Sneer and Minnie E. Sneer without issue, before the death of said George Sneer, then the surviving child, upon the death of said Geo. Sneer, shall takemywholeestate in trust as is hereafter particularly described, but the issue of either the said George S. Sneer or Minnie E. Sneer, if surviving their parent through Avhom they inherit, and living at the time of the death of my said son, George Sneer, shall take the interest in my estate which their father
II. The amount of property involved is large, and the questions important, and not free from difficulty. The following from the judgment of the District Court