Oehler v. Hoffman

This is a suit in equity between Helen B. and Leal Hoffman, wife and husband, and beneficiaries under the will of Barbara ICranz, deceased, to determine the validity of a deed from Barbara to the Hoffmans of her home in Iowa City. Following trial to the court the deed was upheld and the beneficiaries under the will have appealed. We affirm the decision.

The deed was prepared by plaintiff, Jay C. Oehler, an Iowa City attorney, and executed by Mrs. ICranz March 11, 1958, while she was a patient in an Iowa City hospital with a broken hip. An escrow agreement, also prepared by Oehler, was signed…