JUDGE SUBSTITUTION: Party seeking to substitute successor to retired Judge had actual notice of successor, untimely motion properly denied despite no formal notice… Bonilla affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Default judgment, house restoration loan dispute
DEFAULT JUDGMENT: Set-aside in house renovation loan dispute properly denied… Kutzman affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Contract, farm corporation share purchase agreement
CONTRACT: 1978 family farm corporation share purchase agreement did not constitute novation of 1973 agreement, corporation properly entitled to purchase shareholder’s shares for price designated by directors in 2017 pursuant to 1973 agreement… Oldenburg affirmed. [Read more…]
Probate, widow’s statutory allowances, abatement devises
PROBATE: Trust assets correctly held to be nonprobate assets to be used to satisfy widow’s statutory allowances only to extent the probate estate is insufficient… estate properly found sufficient to satisfy statutory allowances through abatement of devises… Best affirmed. [Read more…]
Partnership dissolution
PARTNERSHIP: Brothers’ farming partnership properly dissolved… Olson affirmed. [Read more…]