Hartman v. Hartle

Dorothea Geick's will directed her executors — her two sons-in-law — to sell her real estate and divide the proceeds among her five children. The executors sold a farm at auction to Lewis Geick, who was actually purchasing it for his sister Josephine Diecker, whose husband was one of the executors; Josephine resold the farm two months later at a substantial profit. One daughter (plaintiff) sued, alleging the sale to Josephine was improper and seeking either return of the farm to the estate or a share of Josephine's profit.