IN RE ESTATE OF OPPELT

No. 55213.

203 N.W.2d 213 (1972)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Harold S. OPPELT, Deceased. Earl F. WHEELER, Jr. and Mary Sue Wheeler, Appellants, v. Howard KNUPP, Executor, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Boddicker, Vinton, for appellants.

Milroy & Milroy, Vinton, for appellee.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP, REYNOLDSON, and McCORMICK, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

We are required here to pass upon the marketability of title to real estate.

Testator Harold S. Oppelt never married. His cousin, Howard Knupp, has four grown children. Since the time those children were small, testator and his mother took care of them when Knupp and his wife were on vacation; testator and the children were very close.

Testator made a will which consisted of two items and a clause appointing Howard Knupp as executor...

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