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Long v. Crum
Citation:
267 N.W.2d 407 (Iowa 1978)Facts
Vernon P. Long died in 1957, leaving two parcels of contiguous real estate totaling 342 acres. His will created a life estate for his wife Ermabeth, followed by successive life estates for his two children, Margaret and Bernard, with the remainder to go to the “heirs of their bodies.” At the time of the case, Ermabeth was 60 years old, and her children were 29 and 25, both unmarried and childless. The farm property was unproductive, with poor soil, erosion problems, and deteriorating buildings and fences. The income was insufficient to maintain and improve the property. Ermabeth petitioned the court to sell the real estate and have a trustee appointed to administer the proceeds for the benefit of all parties with interests in the property.
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