In re Estate of Pitt
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Pollc District Court. — IIon. Lawrence De Graee, Judge. John E. Pitt, a resident of Polk county, died intestate February é, 1910, leaving a widow and two daughters, one a resident of Des Moines and the other of Washington, D. O. The property left by him consisted of a house and lot situated in Des Moines occupied by deceased as a homestead and thereafter by the widow and unmarried sister, of the value of $3,500, a half interest in certain real estate in the…
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Appeal from, Pollc District Court. — IIon. Lawrence De Graee, Judge. John E. Pitt, a resident of Polk county, died intestate February é, 1910, leaving a widow and two daughters, one a resident of Des Moines and the other of Washington, D. O. The property left by him consisted of a house and lot situated in Des Moines occupied by deceased as a homestead and thereafter by the widow and unmarried sister, of the value of $3,500, a half interest in certain real estate in the state of Idaho valued at $1,000, a leasehold interest in a lot and part of another located in Des Moines of no value above…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The sole issue is whether the clerk of the district court was authorized by section 296 of the Code Supplement to exact the payment of a fee of $10 for his official services in the estate of John E. Pitt, deceased. He was “entitled to charge and collect . . . for all services performed in the settlement of the estate of any decedent, except where actions are brought hy the administrator or against him, or as otherwise may be provided herein, where the value of the estate does not exceed three thousand dollars, three dollars; where such value is between three and five thousand dollars, five…
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