Legal Opinion
Lynch v. Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 21, 1992No. 91-1287PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREASEN, Justice.
Petitioner filed a petition to reopen an estate. The district court found the petitioner’s claim was barred by Iowa Code section 633.487 (1989) and that no proper cause for reopening the estate had been established. Petitioner appeals from the court’s denial of the petition. We reverse and remand.
I. Background.
Kathryn C. Lynch died testate June 7, 1988. Her will was admitted to probate with Merchants National Bank (bank) and Donald Richard Lynch (Lynch) named as coexecutors. Attorney Russell Hess was designated the estate’s attorney.
A probate report and inventory was filed…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Estate of Dieleman v. Department of RevenueSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- Richers v. Marsh & McLennan Group AssociatesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1990
- Estate of Brown v. HogeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1924
- Matter of Estate of WitzkeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
- Foley v. EngstromSupreme Court of Iowa · 1956
3Cited by6 opinions
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- In the Matter of the Estate of Carroll Irving Sampson, Cheryl Ann Murken and Mary Ann Smith, Coexecutors of the Christine Rosilia Sampson EstateSupreme Court of Iowa · 2013
- In Re Estate of WarringtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 2004
- In Re the Estate of MartinSupreme Court of Iowa · 2006
- In The Matter Of The Estate Of Melba N. Martin, Doyle D. Sanders, Individually, And As Attorney For Bankers Trust Company, N.a.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2006
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