Lamb v. Kroeger

The sole question to be determined is whether plaintiff is an honorably discharged soldier of the war with Germany, and, as such, entitled to the tax exemption provided in section 6946, Code of Iowa, 1939. This section provides for a tax exemption upon ‘ ‘ the property, not to exceed five hundred dollars in aetuál value, of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor, marine, or nurse of the war with Germany.”

The stipulation of facts relates the following story: Appellee, a resident of Davenport, Iowa, registered under the Selective Draft Act of 1917, and on November 9, 1918, he received, by…