MATTER OF ESTATE OF NICOLAUS

No. 84-458.

366 N.W.2d 562 (1985)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Harry G. NICOLAUS, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.L. Kuehnle, Mechanicsville, and David A. Elderkin of Elderkin, Pirnie, Von Lackum & Elderkin, Cedar Rapids, for appellant Sheryl L. Nicolaus.

Jon R. Pearce and Mark R. Gillett of Stanley, Lande, Coulter & Pearce, Muscatine, for appellee trustee.

Considered by UHLENHOPP, P.J., and McCORMICK, SCHULTZ, CARTER, and WOLLE, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves construction of the term "issue" in a will.

Testator Harry G. Nicolaus was a successful banker and a man of means in Wilton, Iowa. He and his wife Edith had two children, Harold G. and Robert H. Nicolaus. As adults, both sons worked in the bank until a later time when Robert took over the bank's insurance business; he thereafter operated that business in the same building. The Nicolauses were a closely-knit family....

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