Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Lutz

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 27, 1903PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Buchanan District Court. — Hon.- A. S. Blair, Judge. Appeal from the allowance of a claim in favor of plaintiff against the estate of William Lutz, deceased.

1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.

The plaintiff’s claim is for services alleged to have been rendered her father, William Lutz, in his lifetime, at his request, under an agreement or under standing that he would provide for the payment of the value of such services out of his estate. The defendant, by answer, denies the claim, and alleges that whatever services were in fact performed were rendered by her while she and her father were living together as members of one family, and further sets up by way of counterclaim an itemized account of $758 for money and articles of personal property alleged to have been furnished by…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jilson v. GilbertWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
  2. Riddle v. BackusSupreme Court of Iowa · 1874

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Harrison v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  2. Weideman v. Estate of PetersonNebraska Supreme Court · 1935
  3. In Re Estate of JohnstonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1935
  4. Wagner v. HambrightSupreme Court of Iowa · 1924

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