Saddler v. Pickard
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Van Burén District Court. — Hon. M. A. Roberts, Judge. Alexander Miller died October 4, 1905, and Charles Pickard was appointed administrator of his estate. Por several years a stepson, Charles Saddler, had, prior to his death, rendered services for him, and furnished some supplies, and a claim therefor in the sum of $300 was presented to the administrator of the estate. This was duly approved and allowed.
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Appeal from Van Burén District Court. — Hon. M. A. Roberts, Judge. Alexander Miller died October 4, 1905, and Charles Pickard was appointed administrator of his estate. Por several years a stepson, Charles Saddler, had, prior to his death, rendered services for him, and furnished some supplies, and a claim therefor in the sum of $300 was presented to the administrator of the estate. This was duly approved and allowed. Thereafter a son, George Miller, filed an application to have the order of allowance set aside. This was done, and said Miller and a daughter of deceased, S. A. Gillespie, were…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The deceased was the owner of eighty acres of land, and, as he had attained the age of eighty-two years, required assistance in farming this land for five or six years prior to his death. At different times the claimant, a stepson, who resided several miles distant, with the assistance of his minor sons and employees, had put in the crop, harvested it and the hay, cut up his corn, cut and hauled his firewood, and carried to him feed for his chickens and corn meal for his table. On several occasions, upon completion of work, he was shown to have said to claimant that, though then without…
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