February 15, 2002

Lawsuit Over Sale of Iowa Farm Stirs Memories of Another Imbroglio

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Don't take our farmland for granted!

That cry has arisen again in Iowa. A farmer is suing the University of Iowa Foundation, charging that its plan to sell a tract of land violates the wishes of the man who bequeathed the property. The suit was filed in a local court in December by Larry D. Holtkamp, who has farmed the disputed land since 1975.

Mr. Holtkamp had leased the land from Donald I. Hackbarth, who died in 1997, having bequeathed to the