MATTER OF ESTATE OF KRUSE

No. 2-57751.

250 N.W.2d 432 (1977)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Leonard J. KRUSE, Deceased. Raymond KRUSE, Beneficiary Under the Last Will and Testament of Leonard J. Kruse, Deceased, Appellant, v. Robert KINRADE, Executor of the Estate of Leonard J. Kruse, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shaff, Farwell & Senneff by Jerry D. Van Scoy, Clinton, for appellant.

Goodenow & Wright, Maquoketa, for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and RAWLINGS, LeGRAND, REYNOLDSON, and HARRIS, JJ.


RAWLINGS, Justice.

Upon application of estate executor for interpretation of a will, trial court held the option thereby accorded a named devisee to purchase one-half of a designated farm required payment of the value placed on such portional part, not one-fourth the worth of the entire farm. The devisee appeals. We affirm.

October 3, 1973, Leonard J. Kruse died testate. His will was admitted to probate without challenge.

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