Westergard v. Klepper

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This case involves a widow’s distributive share in lots leased to others by her husband without her concurrence.

During his lifetime, John Westergard accumulated a substantial amount of real property, including a farm surrounding Lost Island Lake in Palo Alto County, Iowa. While married to Venita Westergard, he leased 17 lakeside lots to various individuals. Defendants are the present lessees. The leases are in writing, run for varying numbers of years, call for differing, nominal rents, and, in some instances, give the lessees the right to remove improvements made by them…