Supreme Court of Iowa June 17, 1981, No. 65333 (Strong v. Wood)

LARSON, Justice.

Sometime in 1976 Philander L. (“Mike”) Strong and the plaintiff, then Ruby Ester-ley, became acquainted. At that time Mike was a 76-year-old farmer who had lived by himself in rural Pocahontas County since the death of his wife Velma in 1968; Ruby was a 66-year-old widow living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.