Legal Opinion
Matter of Estate of Todd
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 21, 1998No. 97-77PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEUMAN, Justice.
This appeal concerns inter vivos and testamentary transfers of real and personal property from the decedent, Lorine Todd, to her youngest sons (and executors of her estate), Lenis and Randy Todd. Lorine’s oldest sons, Allan and Marian Todd, filed suit in probate to contest the will and inter vivos transfers. They claimed the transactions were the product of undue influence and fraud by their younger siblings who allegedly stood in a confidential relationship with Lorine.
The case was tried to a jury. The two camps gave markedly different explanations for Lorine’s partiality…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Matter of Estate of HermSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Lockard v. CarsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
- In Re Estate of PriceNebraska Supreme Court · 1986
- Looney v. Estate of WadeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
- Estate of Townsend v. TownsendSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- In the Matter of the Estate of Margaret E. Workman, Dennis Workman v. Gary Workman, Individually and as of the Estate of Margaret E. WorkmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 2017
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