Legal Opinion

Wykoff v. Witzke

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 19, 1984No. 83-1057PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McGIVERIN, Justice.

Petitioners Edward J. and Mary E. Wy-koff appeal from the denial of their petition to reopen the estate of Anne Rose Witzke, deceased, so that a sale of realty to them by the estate’s administrator may be rescinded. We affirm.

I. Background and proceedings. On August 12, 1980, petitioners entered into a *184purchase agreement for certain real estate in Council Bluffs with William A. Witzke, administrator of the estate of Anne Rose Witzke. Petitioners were issued a Court Officer’s Deed for the land on September 16. The estate had only two distributees, the aforementioned William…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Succession of YancovichLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
  2. Bormann v. SimpsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  3. Ray v. VirginIllinois Supreme Court · 1850
  4. Matter of Estate of SchieldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  5. Reid v. SchefflerNevada Supreme Court · 1979

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Matter of Estate of HerronSupreme Court of Iowa · 1997
  2. Matter of Estate of WitzkeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984

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