Myers v. Davis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Des Moines Gireuit Gowrt. The plaintiff, Mary J. Myers, as widow, arid tbe other plaintiffs as children and heirs of Michael Myers, Jr., claim the undivided .one-seventh of certain lands in the petition described, and ask that the same be partitioned. The defendants claim title to the land in virtue of administrator’s sales made March 30 and August 8, 1863, and December 17, 1864, by M. W. Robinson, administrator of the estate of Michael Myers, Jr., deceased.
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Appeal from, Des Moines Gireuit Gowrt. The plaintiff, Mary J. Myers, as widow, arid tbe other plaintiffs as children and heirs of Michael Myers, Jr., claim the undivided .one-seventh of certain lands in the petition described, and ask that the same be partitioned. The defendants claim title to the land in virtue of administrator’s sales made March 30 and August 8, 1863, and December 17, 1864, by M. W. Robinson, administrator of the estate of Michael Myers, Jr., deceased. The plaintiffs filed a réply averring “that the pretended conveyance by M. W. Robinson, as administrator of the estate of…
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Cii. J.
*328-j JUDGMKNT: tavk^admüíistrator. *327I. It is claimed by appellant that the county court had no jurisdiction of the subject matter, because no statement of all the claims against the estate was made to the *328court, and no account was rendered of the disposition made of the personal estate. Section 2375 of the Revision provided that applications for the sale of a sufficient portion of the real estate to pay off the debts and charges upon the estate can be made only after a full statement of all the claims against the estate, and rendering a full account of the disposition made of the…
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