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MATTER OF ESTATE OF COLE

95-334.

549 N.W.2d 313 (1996)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Elwood T. COLE, Deceased. Mary COLE, John Cole, Sharon Crowe and Nancy Ehlers, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ralph COLE, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Elwood T. Cole, Deceased, and Carroll Dean Cole, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

March 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven T. Roth of the Roth Law Office, Storm Lake, and John C. Werden, Jr., Van Dyke and Werden, P.C., Carroll, for appellants.

Mary Ann Diehl of Stern, Diehl, Cornish & Jensen, Storm Lake, for appellee Ralph Cole.

Willis Hamilton and Kirby L. Bailey of the Hamilton Law Firm, P.C., Storm Lake, for appellee Carroll Dean Cole.

Heard by HABHAB, P.J., and CADY and HUITINK, JJ.

HABHAB, Presiding Judge.

Elwood T. Cole died testate in January 1965. He was survived by his wife, Irma, and three sons, Ralph, James, and Carroll. According to Elwood's last will and testament, Irma was granted a life estate in all of Elwood's real property, with a remainder interest to the three sons. The will additionally provided James and Carroll were to have the option of purchasing eighty acres of specifically identified farm land. This option clause further...

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