In re Estate of Cook
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Harrison District Court. — Hon. N. W. Macy, Judge. Appeal from an order of the district court upon certain objections filed to the final report of the executrix, whereby it was held that the widow of the deceased was entitled to but one-third of a certain fund collected from a railway company, and that Arthur Cook and Mabel Cook were each entitled to one-third thereof. The executrix is appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
This case has once been before us, and the opinion filed therein will be found reported in 126 Iowa, 158. After the remand to the district court, the objectors, heirs of the deceased, Lucian S. Cook, amended the objections upon which the ease had been tried and submitted here, by pleading the statutes of Nebraska, which provide that damages for the death of a person shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin, and shall be distributed to such widow and next of kin in the proportion provided by law for the distribution of personal property left by intestates; that is to…
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