Reynolds v. Miller
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Lee District Court. Application to the district court for the allowance of an appeal from the order of the county court, granting to Peter Miller, letters of administration on the estate of Otis Reynolds, deceased. The defendant demurred to the petition, which demurrer was sustained, and the petitioners appeal.
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Appeal from the Lee District Court. Application to the district court for the allowance of an appeal from the order of the county court, granting to Peter Miller, letters of administration on the estate of Otis Reynolds, deceased. The defendant demurred to the petition, which demurrer was sustained, and the petitioners appeal. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the court. in support of their views, cited the following authorities : Code, sec. 1272; 3 Grilhnan, 420; Code, sec. 1325; 9 Grill, 299; 1 Hill, 326; 4 Conn., 219; Code, sec. 1673; lb., sec. 1314. This is a…
1Opinion of the Court
"Woodward, J.
— This is an application under the one hundred and thirty-fourth section of the Code, for the al*465Iowan ce of an appeal from the county court. This section enacts, that if a party fails, without fault on his part, to claim or to perfect an appeal within the thirty days allowed by statute, he may apply to the district court, which, upon being satisfied of the above matter, and that the case requires revision, may authorize an appeal.
The only question is, whether a proper case is made for such an allowance. It is briefly the following:: Otis Reynolds died in 1837, a non-resident of…
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