Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Franzkowiak

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided March 19, 1980No. 63480PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

In this appeal we deal with the right to possession of a decedent’s real property during the pendency of a contest of wills allegedly made by her.

Dorathy A. Franzkowiak died on September 12,1977, owning real estate including a farm of 110 acres (“the farm”). She was survived by four sons: Frank, Henry, George, and Dwayne. Frank was the farm tenant. On September 22, 1977, a 1967 will executed by Mrs. Franzkowiak was offered and admitted to probate, and letters of appointment were issued to Russell S. Wun-schel as executor. That will purported to devise the farm to a group of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of SwansonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1948
  2. Sternberg v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1946
  3. In Re Estate of PierceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1953
  4. In re Estate of AckenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  5. Hamilton v. HuntingtonIndiana Supreme Court · 1944

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. MartiSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
  2. In the Matter of the Estate of Vera E. CawiezellCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2020
  3. Sergeant v. S & V Trust (In re Vorhes)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa · 2017

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