Mertz v. Arendt

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Louise Arendt, Darlene Hankison, Leeland Mertz, Lawrence Mertz, Marvin Mertz, Jarred Schmitt, and Clifford Grosz, personal representative of the estate of John Mertz, Sr., appealed from a judgment quieting title to approximately 240 acres of Wells County farmland in John Mertz, Jr. We conclude the trial court’s finding John Mertz, Jr., acquired the property through an executed parol gift from his parents is not clearly erroneous, and we affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] John Mertz, Jr., is the youngest of six children bom to John Mertz, Sr., and Emilie H. Mertz, both…