The bequest to Jeannette had come about after Jeannette's sister had been cut from their mother's will, and Demler had removed Jeannette as a beneficiary of his own will in retaliation although she had no role in the original matter. Jeannette's mother had then re-written her will to bequeath to Jeannette the half-share in Demler's farm that he lived on.
Jeannette received the bequest after her sister was omitted from their mother's will and Demler excluded her as a beneficiary in his own will, even though she had no part in the original dispute. Later, Jeannette's mother amended her will to give half of the farm where Demler lived to Jeannette.