Tyrrell v. Shannon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — IIon. W. H. McHenry, J udge. This is a proceeding .upon the petition of an executor to sell real estate. The court denied his application, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, C. J.
The pleadings in this case are very indefinite. The petition alleges that the plaintiff is the executor of the estate of Daniel Shannon, and that he has filed with the clerk a statement of all claims, that there was no personal property of any kind, and that the decedent was the owner of a certain twenty acres of land. Whether there was a prayer to the petition does not appear from the abstract, nor does it appear' therefrom who are the defendants except as above indicated in the title. The answering defendants describe themselves as “the heirs at law and children of Daniel Shannon.” They…
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