In Re Will of Behrend

Involved herein is the admission to probate of an instrument executed November 5, 1935, as the will of Mary Behrend who died February 17, 1937, aged seventy-six years. In 1910 Mary and her husband, Louis Behrend, moved from their farm to Tripoli, Iowa. They deeded to each of their sons, Will and Carl, a farm, under an arrangement by which each son agreed to pay to the parents, or the survivor, an annuity or rental of $250 a year. The sons have since occupied these farms. When Louis died in 1931, he left his home in Tripoli and $6,700 in certificates of deposit to Mary. She occupied, the home…