Brownell v. Williams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee Cweidt Court. This action is instituted upon a note executed by J. H. Greene to the order of George Williams, and by him indorsed in blank.
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Appeal from Lee Cweidt Court. This action is instituted upon a note executed by J. H. Greene to the order of George Williams, and by him indorsed in blank. The cause was, tried to the court on the 19th day of November, 1879, and the facts were found as follows: “ That George Williams died on the 17th day of July, 1878; that letters of administration were granted to C. L. Williams, of said estate, on the 25th day of July, 1878; that notice of the appointment of said administrator was given on the 25th day of July, 1878; that the claim of plaintiff was filed against the said estate on the 21st…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
i BST4.TE • staliueofumnations. I. From the finding of facts it appears that the claim in question was filed against the estate four days before the ^aPse °f one year from the giving of notice of the appointment of the administrator, and that the c]ajm was not proved in court until nearly .sixteen months after the administrator gave notice of his appointment. It also appears that a term of the Circuit Court was held in June, 1879, at which the claim might have been proved. The plaintiff is and for many years has been a resident of Keokuk, Iowa, where the deceased resided and where the…
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