Legal Opinion

Joerns v. La Nicca

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 12, 1888PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — Hon. C. F. Couch, Judge. This is an appeal by defendant from an order of the district court overruling a motion to set aside a judgment which was entered by default.

1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.

— Plaintiff is a daughter of defendant. The allegations of the petition in substance are that her mother, at the time of death, which occurred in Switzerland in 1859, was the owner of certain personal and real property situated in that country, which descended in equal shares to her and a sister, they being the sole surviving children. That, she being a minor, a guardian of her person and property was appointed by the tribunal of Switzerland having jurisdiction of such matters, her domicile at the time being in that country. That in 1869, the defendant, who was then a resident of this state,…

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  3. Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Co. v. HolzNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Sneeden v. City of Marion, Ill.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1933
  5. McLaughlin v. NettletonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909

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