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SCHREINER v. SCOVILLE

86-521.

410 N.W.2d 679 (1987)

Martin SCHREINER, Appellant, v. Robert J. SCOVILLE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 19, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Dull of Dull, Murphy & Dull, LeMars, for appellant.

David M. Woodke of Gross, Welch, Vinardi, Kauffman & Day, P.C., Omaha, Neb., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, LAVORATO, and NEUMAN, JJ.

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Martin Schreiner, a named beneficiary in Mary Eickholt's will and accompanying codicil, filed this action against lawyer Robert Scoville, alleging his negligence caused Eickholt's testamentary intent as expressed in those instruments to be frustrated and a bequest to Schreiner to fail. District court granted Scoville's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim on which any relief could be granted, concluding Scoville owed Schreiner...

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