United States v. Printy

Chief Justice Thomas and Justices McMorrow, Fitzgerald, and Kilbride concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Justice Freeman concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion.

Justice Garman took no part in the decision.

OPINION

Floyd W. Funk was a truck driver. He died January 7, 1983, leaving a will; a widow; four children, including a minor son; a modest life insurance policy, and interests in farmland, crops and equipment heavily encumbered by loans from the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), an agency of the United States government. Funk’s will named his widow, Patsy Printy, as…