Noel v. Noel

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the effect on a probate claim of a prior adjudication.

In 1963 claimant Harvey V. Noel, one of five children, leased a farm from his father, Charles E. Noel, under an ordinary one-year, cash-rent written lease which made no mention of repairs or improvements by claimant. The lease was renewed from year to year by operation of section 562.6 of the Iowa Code. During those years claimant made considerable repairs and improvements on the premises. In 1969 claimant erected a pole barn, and his father signed a note for $3000 to reimburse him, payable when the…