Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Eickholt

Court of Appeals of Iowa

Decided January 29, 1985No. 84-320PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

The brother of Mary Eickholt, Martin Schreiner, challenges the court’s interpretation of his sister’s will in this appeal. We affirm.

The will in question was executed in 1980. Paragraph one of the will gave one-half of Eickholt’s farm to her sister, Elizabeth Kotalik, and the other half to her brother, the petitioner. Paragraph two gave a certain amount of money to churches for masses, paragraph three provided that her house and household goods in Correctionville would be sold and the proceeds split equally among several of her nieces and nephews. Paragraph four gave…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Bankers Trust Company v. AllenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1965
  2. In Re Estate of HartmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1943
  3. Covert v. SebernSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
  4. In Re Estate of LepleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1945
  5. Leber v. Estate of LampSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Schreiner v. ScovilleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1987
  2. Lawrence J. Rogers Trust v. RogersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1991
  3. Matter of Estate of JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1986
  4. Matter of Estate of NaglCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1987
  5. Matter of Estate of HamiltonCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1991

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