Legal Opinion

Lyon v. Vanatta

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 18, 1872PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Muscatine District Gourt. The plaintiff filed her petition asking the court to set aside a sale and deed made by her guardian of certain real estate which belonged to her during her minority. Defendants demurred to the petition, which being sustained by the court, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.

1. Guardian's Sale: jurisdiction: notice. The plaintiff’s petition is quite lengthy, the substance of which is that George D. Stevenson as her guardian, and Isaac Mauck as guardian of plaintiff’s brother, appealed to the county court of Muscatine county for an order to sell certain real property then belonging to plaintiff and her brother, who were minors and heirs at law of Daniel Mauck, deceased, from whom they inherited said real property. Plaintiff alleges that said application was neither signed nor sworn to by her said guardian ; that the notice of said application which was served on *523pl…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cooper v. SunderlandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1856
  2. Newcomb v. DeweySupreme Court of Iowa · 1869
  3. Kitsmiller v. KitchenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
  4. Tunis v. WithrowSupreme Court of Iowa · 1860
  5. Frazier v. SteenrodSupreme Court of Iowa · 1858

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Hoitt v. SkinnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  2. Cummings v. LandesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  3. Myers v. McGavockNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Thornily v. PrenticeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
  5. Rankin v. MillerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876

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