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EHLINGER v. EHLINGER

No. 50449.

111 N.W.2d 656 (1961)

Kermit EHLINGER, Jack Ehlinger and Ormen Ehlinger, Appellants, v. Christine EHLINGER and Christine Ehlinger, Executrix of the Estate of Chris Ehlinger, Deceased, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 14, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mossman & Mossman, Vinton, for appellants.

Bordewick & Fischer, Vinton, for appellees.

SNELL, Justice.

A lack of evidence and a shortage of competent witnesses may be a serious handicap in a law suit. Plaintiffs' case, conceived in natural dissappointment, languishes in frustration and founders for failure of proof.

Bertha Ehlinger, the wife of Chris Ehlinger and the stepmother of Kermit Ehlinger, Gladen Ehlinger, later known as Jack Ehlinger, and Ormen Ehlinger, plaintiffs and appellants, died testate on April 30, 1944. Her estate was probated...

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