Inheritance tax on contingency holds for state
Des Moines reports that a Iowa Supreme Court ruling found the state cannot claim tax on property while a contingency exists that it may pass to collateral heirs. The Waterman case involved a life estate plus a contingent remainder to a daughter and possible future heirs. The court reversed a lower court ruling, keeping the tax issue unsettled in pending similar suits.
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United Press
Des Moines
Tawa
H. J. Powers
The
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Supreme Court
Powers
Ida M. Waterman
Isaiah Waterman
Union County
Hila Waterman
Ella Waterman
Tsaiah
Waterman
Charice
Eliah Lermian
Homer A. Fuller
Ella Water
Hog at Large on Highway Brings Damages Rule
Des Moines judge rules that a hog or any animal running at large on a public highway can render the owner liable for auto damages. Emma Stewart of Pottawattamie County sued Henry Wild after a May 30 1926 collision on White Pole road as the Stewart family drove by Wild’s farm.
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Supreme Court
Emma Stewart
Pottawattamie County
Henry Wild
White Pole
Stewarts
Stewart
Supreme Court Reverses Hog At Large ruling in county case
The high court reverses a lower court decision, holding livestock must be guarded on public highways. A hog strike and vehicle collision left occupants injured, prompting a new trial. Also noted is a Des Moines health pamphlet release on contagious diseases for public distribution including measles and smallpox.
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Supreme Court
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Des Moines
Safe Board of Health
Iowa Birth Rate Declines Slightly in 1923 to October
Des Moines reports Iowa birth rate for eight months in 1923 at 20.4 per 1000, down from 20.9 in 1922. First eight months total births 33,484, up slightly from 33,1?. infant mortality higher, with 2,163 deaths of under one year by Sept 1, vs 1,962 year earlier.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Health
New Guinea Bride Adopts Bobbed Hair Style
In New Guinea a young woman keeps her hair long before marriage but must have it bobbed immediately after wedlock. The sentence notes cultural practice of post wedding hair length change.
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