Estate of Mead v. Story County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Court. — Hon. J. K. Whitaker, Judge. Prior to April 19, 1901, the estate of Charles Mead, de,ceased, late of Story’ county, had been fully settled and distribution made under orders of the district court in and for said county. The appellees are the widow and children of said Charles Mead, and distributees of his estate.
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Appeal from Story District Court. — Hon. J. K. Whitaker, Judge. Prior to April 19, 1901, the estate of Charles Mead, de,ceased, late of Story’ county, had been fully settled and distribution made under orders of the district court in and for said county. The appellees are the widow and children of said Charles Mead, and distributees of his estate. On said date the appellant J. Q. Burgess, auditor of said county, acting upon information furnished him by so-called “tax ferrets,” issued a notice addressed “To Charles Mead Estate/’ setting forth that for the year 1896 there was omitted from the…
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, C. J.
Several questions are made upon the face of the record and presented in-argument. We think the determination of one of such questions must result in *71a disposition of the case. It is agreed that the auditor 'assumed to act under and by authority of chapter 47, Acts 28th General Assembly, and it is conceded that, unless he was authorized to so act by the provisions of said chapter, the decree of the court below was right, and should be affirmed. Previous to the enactment of the present statute, the power of the county auditor in the respect in question, as declared by section 841 of the Code of…
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