Christians v. Christians

Oliver, J.- —

-The contract between plaintiff and decedent, Chas. F. Christians, was made July 2,1928, two days before their marriage. He was then aged fifty-eight years and was a widower with two adult sons who are t-he defendants herein. He had operated a general store and served as postmaster at Grafton, Iowa, a town of about two hundred and fifty population. Shortly before this he had retired from the mercantile business and transferred the store to his sons. He continued to act as postmaster for some years. He died in 1948, aged seventy-eight years.

Plaintiff, aged forty-five years in…