Legal Opinion

Wile v. Wright

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 20, 1871PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal fom Des Momes Distiet Court. On the 16th day of February, 1870, plaintiff placed in the hands of the sheriff of Des Moines county a notice direeted. to the defendant as administratrix of the estate of S. B. Wright, deceased, advising her that, on or before the 20th day of March, 1870, there would be on file in the office of the clerk of the district court of said county a petition of the plaintiff, claiming of the defendant $600 damages for fraudulent representations,…

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Appeal fom Des Momes Distiet Court. On the 16th day of February, 1870, plaintiff placed in the hands of the sheriff of Des Moines county a notice direeted. to the defendant as administratrix of the estate of S. B. Wright, deceased, advising her that, on or before the 20th day of March, 1870, there would be on file in the office of the clerk of the district court of said county a petition of the plaintiff, claiming of the defendant $600 damages for fraudulent representations, warranty, etc., on account of a certain patent right, etc. This notice was served the day it was placed in the…

1Opinion of the Court

Day, Oh. J.

*456i. Amarais-, of claims: limitations, *455I. The court having reserved the question of the statute of limitations for determination after *456verdict, in addition to the facts already stated, with reference to the service of the several notices, found that defendant was appointed administratrix November 18, 1868, and that she published notice of her appointment in the Burlington Hawkeye, November 19; that she left the State the last of May, 1870, and did not return until August following; that during her absence no one was authorized to allow claims against the estate; that defendant and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Goodrich v. ConradSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
  2. Noble v. MorreySupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
  3. Lawton v. BuckinghamSupreme Court of Iowa · 1863
  4. Webster v. Cedar Rapids & St. Paul RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1869

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Wise v. OuttrimSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  2. Knoop v. AndersonDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1947
  3. Rush v. RushSupreme Court of Iowa · 1877
  4. Belknap v. BelknapSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
  5. Dye v. MarkeySupreme Court of Iowa · 1966

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