IN RE ESTATE OF THOMANN

No. 01-0664.

649 N.W.2d 1 (2002)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Wilbur Dean THOMANN, Deceased. Lois Williams, Executor of the Estate of JoAnn Elizabeth Thomann, Deceased, Appellee, v. Dennis Thomann, Chris Shepard, Deanna Egbert, Teresa Woods and Beth Luke, Beneficiaries of the Estate of Wilbur Dean Thomann, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Gorham of Morrison, Lloyd, McConnell, Mullins, Davis & Gorham, L.L.P., Washington, for appellants.

John N. Moreland and Timothy J. McKay of Harrison, McKay, Moreland & Webber, P.C., Ottumwa, for appellee.


TERNUS, Justice.

Wilbur (Dean) Thomann murdered his wife, JoAnn Thomann, and then committed suicide. At the time of their deaths, the couple held farmland and some bank accounts in joint tenancy. This case involves a dispute between Dean's heirs and the executor of JoAnn's estate with respect to inheritance of this property. The district court ruled that all the joint tenancy property, including the farm, passed to JoAnn...

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