Spies v. Prybil

LeGRAND, Justice.

This is an action in partition involving real estate owned by Rudolph J. Prybil at the time of his death on December 6, 1960. Although Park National Bank is named as a defendant and Frantz Construction Company, Inc. became party to the suit by intervention, the real combatants are Gladys Ann Spies and Howard J. Prybil, children of the decedent, each of whom acquired an undivided one-half interest under his will in a 100-acre farm in Johnson County, Iowa, the subject matter of this litigation.

Park National Bank was made a defendant because it held a judgment against Howard J.…