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PRICHARD v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

No. 53337.

164 N.W.2d 113 (1969)

R. D. PRICHARD, as the Executor of the Estate of Jessie F. Thompson, Deceased, and Roy M. Thompson and Robert Riley Thompson, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE of the State of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 14, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prichard & Prichard, Onawa, for appellants.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., George W. Murray, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Raymond M. Beebe and Harry M. Griger, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

SNELL, Justice.

This is an action in equity for declaratory judgment. Plaintiffs are the executor of the estate and the two sons of Jessie F. Thompson. Defendant is the Department of Revenue of the State of Iowa.

The case before us presents interesting questions having their origin in the age of feudalism and a present problem as to whether relics of an ancient rule permit inter vivos alienation but prevent testamentary disposition of land.

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