Pickler v. Wise
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. D. M. Anderson, Judge. Action at law to set aside a will on the ground of undue influence. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Sherwin, 0. J.
John and Lydia Overman were husband and wife. He owned a farm that he sold in September, 1891, for nearly $15,000, she joining in the deed. Of the price so received John Overman gave his wife $4,000 on the 18th day of December, 1891, and at the same time both husband and wife signed a contract which recited that fact, and in which John Overman agreed to.give his wife a life estate in the homestead which they then occupied. The money and the homestead right were given on the following conditions:
Should the first party, John Overman, survive the said second party, then the said…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Parker v. LambertzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Frazer v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Caruth v. CaruthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Miller v. MillerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- In re Last Will of HollingsworthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re Estate of BrooksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1940
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