Fayette County v. Hancock
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fayette District Court. — Hon. L. O. Hatch, Judge. Proceedings for the allowance of a claim against the estate of a person insane. From an order allowing a portion of the claim the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
In May, 1861, Jane Nicoll was duly adjudged to be insane by the proper authorities of *695Fayette county, and was committed to the Iowa hospital for the insane, where she was confined until the twenty-first day of April, 1878. At that time she was removed to the poor-farm of the plaintiff, where she has since remained. She is now, and has been at all times since May, 1861, insane. For many years she had pending an application for a pension on account of her husband, who had been.a soldier of the United States during the War of the Rebellion. The application not having been allowed after the lapse…
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