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MATTER OF ESTATE OF BAESSLER

No. 95-2023.

561 N.W.2d 88 (1997)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Karl J. BAESSLER, deceased. Penelope PALMER, Michael Baessler, Kristine Palmer, Thomas Baessler, and Richard Baessler, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Charlene B. JAMES, William K. James, Julia A. Breitbach, Paul D. James, Douglas K. James, and Neil W. James, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

January 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Polking of Wilcox, Polking, Gerken, Schwarzkopf, Hoyt & Copeland, P.C., Jefferson, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Mark R. Crimmins and Brian L. Yung of Bennett, Crimmins & Yung, Fort Dodge, for Defendants-Appellees.

Heard by SACKET, P.J., and STREIT and VOGEL, JJ.

STREIT, Judge.

The plaintiffs appeal a district court ruling dismissing their petition to set aside decedent's transfer of assets before death and decedent's will based on undue influence and testator's lack of testamentary capacity.

Karl Baessler was 106 years old when he died testate on January 3, 1994. His wife, Bertha, and only son, Keith, predeceased him. His June 5, 1991 will was admitted to probate by his sole surviving child, Charlene James. Beneficiaries...

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