Legal Opinion

Levis v. HANMOND

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 12, 1960No. 49740PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGarfield, J.

—This ? is a suit in equity by Howard H. Levis for specific performance of an alleged oral agreement between *569Dave Flum and his predeceased wife Maud to make mutual wills in which plaintiff, nephew of Maud, was to be beneficiary, subject to the life estate of the surviving- maker. Following trial to the court, relief was denied and plaintiff has appealed. One ground of the trial court’s decision is that it would be inequitable to award specific performance.

August 26, 1939, the alleged mutual wills were prepared by E. E. Poston, then an attorney at Corydon, and executed by Mr. and Mrs. Flum. So…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Rastetter v. . HoenningerNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  2. Frazier v. PattersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Baker v. SyfrittSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
  4. Chadwick v. BristowTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  5. Stevens v. MyersOregon Supreme Court · 1918

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Passehl Estate v. PassehlSupreme Court of Iowa · 2006
  2. In Re Estate of LoganSupreme Court of Iowa · 1962
  3. Clayburg v. WhittSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  4. Matter of Estate of ChapmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
  5. Youngberg v. HolstromSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961

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