MEAD v. LANE

No. 55186.

203 N.W.2d 305 (1972)

Vera MEAD and Mildred Bushnell, Appellants, v. Lester Edward LANE, Executor of the Estate of Julia B. Lane, Deceased, and Lester Edward Lane, Individually, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Nelson, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

E. Michael Carr, Manchester, for appellee.

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


McCORMICK, Justice.

This appeal arises from an equitable action for specific performance of an alleged oral agreement not to revoke a joint will. Plaintiffs had an expectancy under a joint will of their parents which their mother revoked by making a new will subsequent to their father's death. In their unverified petition they set out the joint will and allege the mother's later will contravened an oral agreement between their parents. They ask the court to award...

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