Hoover v. Hoover

E. E. Hoover, the father of the plaintiff and of the defendant, died testate in 1920, leaving to his wife a life interest in his estate, and to his four sons, I. E. Hoover, E. A. Hoover, Clinton Hoover, and Ross Hoover, all of his estate, subject to the life interest of his wife, in substantially equal shares. The real estate consisted of 240 acres of land.

About a year after the father’s death the four brothers entered into a written contract, by the terms of which the plaintiff herein and I. E. Hoover were to purchase the one-half interest in the land belonging to the other two brothers for…