IN RE SMITH'S ESTATE

No. 49123.

82 N.W.2d 737 (1957)

ESTATE of Arend R. SMITH, Deceased. Virgil Howard HOPKINS, Appellee, v. Lenna L. LIGHTCAP, Executrix of said Estate, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burnquist, Helsell & Burnquist, Fort Dodge, and Dudley Weible, Forest City, for appellant.

Loth & Melton, Fort Dodge, and Nels Branstad, Forest City, for appellee.


OLIVER, Justice.

A claim of Virgil Hopkins was filed in Webster District Court against Lenna L. Lightcap, Executrix of the estate of Arend R. Smith, deceased, for damages in the amount of $1,266.17, for personal injuries suffered by claimant, December 27, 1954, in an automobile collision, in Winnebago County, with a car owned and operated by said Smith, who met death in the collision. The claim was resisted. Among other things, the answer recited it was barred because...

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