BAKER v. GIFFROW

No. 51715.

135 N.W.2d 629 (1965)

Dolly May Giffrow BAKER, Frank William Giffrow, and John Baker, Appellants, v. Leslie GIFFROW, a/k/a Leslie Corsswhite, Arlene Giffrow Hewitt, Violet May Giffrow, last name unknown, Anthony Baker, Jerald Baker, Peter Baker, and all persons unknown and all unknown claimants, claiming any right, title or Interest in and to the Northeast Quarter of Section 16, Township 91, Range 47, In Plymouth County, Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virgil O. DeWitt, of Pizey, Sears & DeWitt, Sioux City, and A. C. Hatt, Sioux City, for appellants.

Crary & Huff, Sioux City, and Roseberry & Down, LeMars, for appellees.


MOORE, Justice.

This is a partition action filed August 13, 1963, to determine the ownership of 160 acres of farm land in Plymouth County. The contending parties all claim ownership under the will of Amanda Giffrow which was duly executed November 23, 1928. It gave her son a life estate in the land with remainder to his children.

Trial to the court resulted in a decree and judgment that plaintiffs, his adopted children and successors in interest, had no interest...

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