Kinney v. Newbold
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Henry District Court. — -Hon. W. S. Withrow, Judge. The appellant filed objections in the lower court to the final report of defendant as admistrator, and asked an order of distribution of tbe estate by which, appellant should receive a further sum by way of distributive share than allowed him by the report. His application was refused, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
1 2 *1473 *146It appears that Jacob S. Kinney died in 1897, leaving a will, which was duly probated, defendant being appointed executor. Among the papers of the estate was found an instrument reading as follows: “Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, March 20, 1900. I, Martin L. Kinney, son of Jacob S. Kinney, hereby acknowledge myself indebted to Mr. Jacob S. Kinney in the sum of twenty-one hundred ($2,100) dollars as an advancement on my share of his estate after his death, and I hereby agree and promise to pay said estate, with 4 per cent, interest from this date on said sum (the above amount), which is to be…
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