Inghram v. Chandler
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dos Moines District Court. — J. D. Smyth, Judge. Action by the administrator cle Tjonis non of Theodore Wykert against the administrator and beneficiaries of the-estate of Elizabeth Wykert, widow of Theodore, to recover the proceeds of sale of certain real estate belonging to the estate of Theodore, the widow being at the time of her death the executrix of the will of Theodore. The trial court found for the plaintiff, and the defendants have appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
1. Conversion : equitable conversion : not predicable on mere option to purchase: descent and distribution. I. The principal question, and decisive one, involved in the casé is whether, upon the facts appearing in the record, there was an equitable conversion of certain real estate owned in his lifetime by Theodore Wykert. If there was not, then the judgment below should be affirmed, regardless of any other question presented. We therefore give this question our first consideration.
Theodore Wykert executed his will in May, 1904. Ignoring for the moment the dispute between the parties as to…
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