READ v. ESTATE OF MINCKS

No. 53901.

176 N.W.2d 192 (1970)

Robert A. READ, and Virginia Read Rydberg and Robert A. Read, Executor of the Estate of Henry Read, Deceased, Appellees, v. ESTATE of Everet H. MINCKS, Deceased, Elsie A. Mincks, Executor, and Elsie A. Mincks, an Individual, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nichols & Leonard, Sidney, for appellants.

Stephens & Millhone, Clarinda, for appellees.


RAWLINGS, Justice.

Action in equity by landlords against estate executor and surviving widow of deceased tenant for recovery of possession and to quiet title in farm property resulted in decree adverse to defendants. They appeal. We reverse.

Plaintiffs acquired the farmland here involved May 2, 1968, on death of their father. Sometime in 1952 or 1953 he had entered into an oral year to year lease agreement with Everet H. Mincks. This tenancy continued without...

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