In re the Estate of Miller
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. — Hon. J. L. Hosted, Judge. This is a controversy between W. W. Miller and William Dorris as to which one of them shall be appointed executor of the estate of John E. Miller, deceased. Miller was first appointed. His appointment was afterward set aside, and Dorris was appointed. Dorris did not qualify within ten days after his appointment, and the court, on application of Miller, again appointed him to the position. Dorris appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
John F. Miller died at Huntingdon, in the state of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-fourth day *742of August, 1893. He was an unmarried man and a bachelor, and had resided at Huntingdon for more than twenty years. He left an estate valued at from seventy-five to one hundred thousand dollars. About thirty-six thousand dollars of his estate, consisting of money and notes and other securities, is situated in this state. These assets of the estate were in possession of W. W. Miller, appellee, at the city of Waterloo. John F. Miller made his last will and testament on the eighteenth day of October, 1880,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pickering v. WeitingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1877
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