Harper v. Coad

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This is an appeal in a partition suit involving several financial disputes among members of a family.

Lucile M. Coad (“testatrix”), a widow residing in Plymouth County, Iowa, died on February 8, 1966, seized in fee of nine tracts of unencumbered real estate consisting of farms and town properties in Plymouth County as well as 1,775 acres of unencumbered land in the Red River Valley of Minnesota. She also owned a modest bank account, some bank stock, household goods, and personal effects. She was survived by her five adult children— Charles R. Coad, Helen M. Mathers, Carolyn…