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LINN COUNTY v. KINDRED

No. 83-1655.

373 N.W.2d 147 (1985)

LINN COUNTY, Iowa and Linn County Conservation Board, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William KINDRED, Bruce Weldon, Jr., Glenn Belden, Defendants, and Sophia G. Lewis, Executor of the Estate of C. Ira Lewis, Deceased, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

June 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Elderkin and David L. Baker of Elderkin, Pirnie, Von Lackum & Elderkin, Cedar Rapids, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Craig Kelinson, Asst. Co. Atty., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James C. Davis of Woodward, Davis & Rossi, Des Moines, for defendant-appellee.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and DONIELSON, and HAYDEN, JJ.

OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

Appellant Linn County and the Linn County Conservation Board appeal from the district court's holdings returning certain land to the grantor under a reversionary clause. We affirm.

In 1965 C. Ira Lewis deeded to the county for use by the conservation board undeveloped island property in Linn county that was accepted by the county and used thereafter as a wildlife refuge. Lewis retained a life estate and a possibility of reverter was...

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