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MATTER OF ESTATE OF RUHLAND

No. 89-22.

452 N.W.2d 417 (1990)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF John RUHLAND, Deceased. Elizabeth M. MEYLOR, Appellant, v. Doris RUHLAND, Renee Ruhland Hilger, William Ruhland, Michael Ruhland and Kyle Ruhland, Appellees. Doris RUHLAND, Renee Ruhland Hilger, William Ruhland, Michael Ruhland and Kyle Ruhland, Plaintiffs, v. Arthur N. RUHLAND, Benedict J. Ruhland, Anthony M. Ruhland, and Lorina Ruhland Droessler, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Knudson of Knudson Law Firm, Marcus, for appellant.

William S. Sturgis, LeMars, and Joe Cosgrove, Yaneff & Cosgrove, Sioux City, for appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

SNELL, Justice.

This is a proceeding to construe the joint will of John and Elizabeth M. Ruhland. By this will a forty-acre farm in Plymouth county was devised. In paragraphs eleven and twelve, John's wife Elizabeth was devised a life estate in the forty acres. The disposition of the remainder interest forms the basis for this law suit.

Petitioner, Elizabeth M. Meylor, daughter of testators John and Elizabeth, claims

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