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MATTER OF ESTATE OF PETERSEN

No. 96-0543.

570 N.W.2d 463 (1997)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Mabel M. PETERSEN, Deceased. Leona M. FREED and Carol A. Petersen, Executors and Heirs of the Estate of Mabel M. Petersen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Leroy E. PETERSEN and Ezra J. Petersen, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

September 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirke C. Quinn of Quinn, Doran & Anderson, Boone, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Leonard R. Holland, Dayton, for Defendants-Appellees.

Heard by SACKETT, P.J., and HUITINK and STREIT, JJ.

HUITINK, Judge.

Carol Petersen and Leona Freed appeal from the district court's ruling denying their request for attorney's fees incurred in the successful defense of a will contest. We reverse.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

The record discloses the following series of events following Mabel Petersen's death on May 8, 1994. On May 9, 1994, Mabel's children, Ezra Petersen and LeRoy Petersen...

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