Winkel v. Erpelding

NEUMAN, Justice.

This controversy concerns a $210,000 loan made by A.N. Erpelding, now deceased, to his brother, Alphons, with whom he farmed his entire life in Kossuth County, Iowa. The question is whether the debt.between the brothers has been discharged, as Alphons claims, or whether, as A.N.’s executor claims, it remains a debt payable to A.N.’s estate. The answer turns on the application of Iowa Code section 554.3605 (1993) to the record before us. Like the district court, we conclude as a matter of law that executor Gordon Winkel’s skepticism about A.N.’s intention is insufficient to…