MATTER OF ESTATE OF ALLEN

No. 2-57169.

239 N.W.2d 163 (1976)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Edward J. ALLEN, a/k/a E. J. Allen, Deceased. Appeal of Ruby ALLEN.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baird, Bowers & Oliver, Des Moines, for appellant, Ruby Glover Allen.

Michael F. Travis, Bedford, and Richard L. Wilson, Lenox, for appellee, Edward J. Allen Estate.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and MASON, LeGRAND, HARRIS, and McCORMICK, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

This appeal challenges the trial court's ruling on objections to the final report in an ancillary estate. Decedent's widow and her attorney are co-administrators. Their final report was attacked on various grounds by decedent's mother and sister. Decedent's mother appeals from rulings favorable to the widow. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand with instructions.

The decedent Edward Allen died intestate May 12, 1972, a resident of...

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