Legal Opinion

Vawter v. Frame

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided October 13, 1911No. 7,354PublishedCited by 8 opinions

From Pike Circuit Court; John L. Brets, Judge. Action by John W. Frame and another against William C. Vawter, as administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Matilda Frame, deceased. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtIbach, J.

Matilda Frame, under the terms of her husband’s will, was the life tenant of a farm in Warrick county. In July, 1907, she made an agreement with John H. Sasse, whereby he was, under her direction, to cultivate parts of the farm in wheat, and was to deliver to her at threshing time, as her part of the crop, one-third of the grain raised. Mrs. Frame died in February, 1908, before the maturity of the crop sown by Sasse in accordance with his agreement. After the wheat was threshed, the third part that was to come to Mrs. Frame was claimed by both Mrs. Frame’s administrator, on behalf of the…

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