Matter of Estate of Bruene

HAYDEN, Judge.

Nine devisees under decedent’s will appeal, and the executor of the estate and the attorneys for the executor cross-appeal, from the probate court’s ruling on objections to the executor’s Final Report and Amended Final Report.

Decedent, Chas. Bruene, died in 1974. This appeal represents the most recent in a series of legal proceedings concerning the administration and distribution of his estate. The relevant facts are set forth below as needed to discuss the issues raised.

On appeal, the nine devisees assert: (1) that the executor’s sale of decedent’s farmland to the executor’s…