Rehbein v. Norene

Lester E. Rehbein, plaintiff-appellee, filed a suit in chancery individually and as executor of the will of his wife, Leila Norene Rehbein, deceased, for partition of a 130-acre farm. The farm was devised by Bertha S. L. Norene to her children, one of whom was Leila Norene Rehbein. Defendants-appellants, the surviving heirs of Bertha S. L. Norene, and the executors of her will, answered denying plaintiff’s right to partition and claiming that a power of sale given her executors by the will of Bertha S. L. Norene, deceased, converted the land into personal property. The matter was referred to…