Foley v. Brocksmit
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lynn District Court. — Hon. Wm. G. Thompson, Judge. Proceeding to establish a claim for funeral expenses attending the burial of Edward Lynch, deceased. The administrator pleaded that the expenses were extravagant and foolish, considering the condition of the decedent’s estate and his social standing and station in life. Trial was had to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $455. The administrator appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Edmond Lynch was about eighty years of age at the time of his death. He had for a number of years been a janitor in the general offices of the Burlington, Cedar Bapids & Northern Railroad Company at Cedar Rapids. He had no relatives in that city, and boarded with a Mrs. Weir, who received her pay from the paymaster of the railroad company. His associates were generally laboring men, and his most intimate friend was a street sweeper.
*458He left an estate valued at not exceeding $5,000. When he died, plaintiff received a call to go to the place where the body was lying, and to take charge of the…
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