Patterson v. Hill
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Davis Circuit Court. The plaintiff, who is the widow of John Patterson, deceased, filed a claim against his estate upon an account for money had and received, and certain articles of personal property, consisting of cattle, sheep, hogs, grain and a gun. The account, less a part of the claim, was allowed, and the executor was ordered to pay the sum found due plaintiff. The executor appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
— I. The evidence shows that plaintiff and John Patterson, of whose estate defendant is the executor, lived together as husband and wife for nearly eight years. The property and money upon which plaintiff’s claim is based belonged to plaintiff at the time of her marriage with decedent. The money was loaned either by one or both, and was after-wards collected by the husband. The amount as found and allowed by the circuit court is $275. The property, for which the court allowed the plaintiff compensation to the amount of $136.75, consisting of seven head of cattle, five sheep and a gun, was…
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