Burns v. Keas
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Dubuque District Court. Edward Keas was the. administrator, duly appointed, of the estate of his wife, Margaret Keas, September 8,1863. He presented to the county court of Dubuque county, and had allowed against said estate, a claim in his favor, of one hundred and seventy odd dollars. This claim was made up, in good part, of money paid in the last sickness, and for the funeral expenses of said Margaret.
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Appeal from, Dubuque District Court. Edward Keas was the. administrator, duly appointed, of the estate of his wife, Margaret Keas, September 8,1863. He presented to the county court of Dubuque county, and had allowed against said estate, a claim in his favor, of one hundred and seventy odd dollars. This claim was made up, in good part, of money paid in the last sickness, and for the funeral expenses of said Margaret. A special administrator was appointed bythe County Court to defend the interest of said estate against said claim. The record shows that he appeared, and that the claim, after…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
This case is not important in itself, and yet it presents several questions (owing to the state of the *18record) of no little difficulty. As our rulings thereon will, because of the peculiar facts of the case, hardly furnish a precedent for subsequent cases, we shall state briefly and generally, without entering into the reasons therefor, our conclusions upon the several points made.
i. E.-racuadminisappeal, I. Where a claim has been allowed, as this one was, in favor of the administrator of an estate, the heirs interested may apply for and prosecute an appeal in their own name. Assuming that…
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