Long v. Crum
Supreme Court of Iowa
267 N.W.2d 407 (1978)
Relevant factsFree
Vernon Long's will left Ermabeth (plaintiff) a life estate in a failing farm, with a life estate remainder to his children Margaret and Bernard (defendants) or their bodily heirs; when the farm's declining value led Ermabeth to petition for sale, both Margaret and Bernard also asked for the sale, but the trial court held the sale was prohibited based on older precedent construing an earlier version of the relevant statute.
IssueFree
Whether, in Iowa, a trial court may order the sale of property upon the petition of a life tenant with the consent of the reversion holder, with the proceeds subject to court order until the right to the proceeds becomes fully vested.