MATTER OF ESTATE OF HUGHBANKS

No. 92-247.

506 N.W.2d 451 (1993)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF John W. HUGHBANKS, Deceased. Dorothy A. McKINNEY, Claimant, Appellant, v. Martin W. HUGHBANKS and Janet M. Blum, Fiduciaries of the Estate of John W. Hughbanks, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

June 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K.L. Kober of Pickett & Kober, Waterloo, for appellant.

David R. Zellhoefer of Zellhoefer Law Offices, Waterloo, for appellee.

Heard by SCHLEGEL, P.J., and HAYDEN and HABHAB, JJ.


HABHAB, Judge.

Plaintiff, Dorothy McKinney, appeals a district court ruling, following a jury trial, denying her claim for $208,000 for services rendered as housekeeper to the decedent, John Hughbanks. McKinney argues the district court erred in: 1) failing to grant a new trial after the jury used a dictionary to look up the definition of the word "family" and "management"; 2) failing to adopt proposed jury instructions; 3) overruling her objections to certain jury...

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