Supreme Court of Iowa May 5, 1908 (McDermott v. Estate of McDermott)

Sherwin, J.

On the 15th of November, 1906, the plaintiff filed a petition, alleging that Anna McDermott died intestate in July, 1904, and that he was appointed the administrator of her estate; that the deceased owned certain real estate, but no other property, and that she left no debts except a debt of $250 due the plaintiff on a note; that the note was secured by a mortgage on the land