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MATTER OF ESTATE OF CLAUSSEN

No. 90-1774.

482 N.W.2d 381 (1992)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Leona CLAUSSEN, Deceased. Evelyn CLAUSSEN, Appellee, v. Verna FELDPAUSCH and Gladys Helkenn, Executors, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Flynn of Brubaker, Flynn and Darland, P.C., Davenport, and Therese M. Sizer of Betty, Neuman and McMahon, Davenport, for appellants.

Paul L. Macek of Dircks, Ridenour, Norman and Macek, Davenport, as guardian ad litem for appellee Janelle Claussen, a minor.

Daniel J. Condon of Condon, Peavey and Schirman, DeWitt, and Gary J. Rolfes of Mayer, Mayer, Lonergan and Rolfes, Clinton, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, SCHULTZ, CARTER, and SNELL, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Appellants Verna Feldpausch and Gladys Helkenn, executors of the estate of Leona Claussen, appeal from a district court ruling mandating specific performance of an option contract between Leona Claussen and Evelyn Claussen. We affirm.

I. Background facts and proceedings. Clarence and Leona Claussen, husband and wife, owned certain farm land in Scott county as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. In May 1975, they sold...

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