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THORNTON v. ESTATE OF THORNTON

No. 5-026.

531 N.W.2d 651 (1995)

Roger THORNTON, Claimant-Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Grace THORNTON, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

March 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry G. Wilson and Ed Skinner of Skinner, Beattie & Wilson, P.C., Altoona, for appellant.

Randal B. Caldwell of Caldwell, Caldwell & Caldwell, Newton, for appellee.

Heard by DONIELSON, C.J., and SACKETT and HABHAB, JJ.

HABHAB, Judge.

Gertrude Thornton died testate on February 12, 1992. Her estate was opened, naming her five children, Roger Thornton, Keith Thornton, Harley Thornton, Margery Thornton Hibbard, and Donna Thornton Gahwiler, as beneficiaries. The will provided that the $1800 owed by one son, Roger Thornton, be deducted from his share of the estate, but otherwise the estate was to be divided evenly among the five children.

On August 6, 1993, the executors filed...

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