IN RE ESTATE OF FARIS

No. 53018.

159 N.W.2d 417 (1968)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Addle E. FARIS, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitesell Law Firm, Iowa Falls, for appellants Everett and Edna Lyman.

Lundy, Butler, Wilson & Hall, Eldora, for appellee, Gladys L. Worrell.


SNELL, Justice.

This is a proceeding in probate tried as in equity. The controversy arose over the administratrix' petition to sell real estate free and clear of a 5-year lease between decedent and appellants-lessees.

Addie E. Faris, age 84, a widow without issue owned the 220-acre farm involved herein and 5 other parcels of real estate of lesser value. She died intestate. The probate inventory in her estate listed property appraised at over $108,000, including...

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