MATTER OF ESTATE OF ADAMS

No. 2-56557.

234 N.W.2d 125 (1975)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Pearl C. ADAMS, Deceased. Lawrence EMERSON et al., Appellees, v. Geo. C. LYALL, Executor, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 15, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Donahey, Panora, for appellants.

Clare H. Williamson, Greenfield, and R. Y. Taylor, of Taylor, Taylor & Feilmeyer, Guthrie Center, for appellees.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and REES, UHLENHOPP, REYNOLDSON and McCORMICK, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

Proponents appeal adverse verdict and judgment in a will contest. George C. Lyall, Matilda Lyall, and Robert V. Lyall were named beneficiaries under a purported will of Pearl C. Adams, a resident of Stuart, who died November 5, 1970, at age 84, leaving an estate valued at about $190,000. The will was dated January 5, 1968. Contestants Lawrence Emerson, Marie Emerson, Margurite Hogan, Kathleen Fagan, Clarence Beaman, George Eddy, Rosa Eddy, and...

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