FARNSWORTH v. IOWA STATE TAX COMMISSION

No. 51548.

132 N.W.2d 477 (1965)

Thelma FARNSWORTH, Appellee, v. IOWA STATE TAX COMMISSION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 12, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan L. Hultman, Atty. Gen. of Iowa, George W. Murray, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Jerry L. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

O'Donohoe & O'Connor, New Hampton, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

Is it the law that "once a daughter-in-law, always a daughter-in-law?" May an individual have as many mothers-in-law as the exigencies of death or divorce permit him marriages? These are the substantial questions to be answered in the case at bar.

The plaintiff was formerly married to John Wilbur Keeling, a son of Elizabeth G. Probert. He died on April 21, 1952, leaving the plaintiff as his widow. There was no issue of this marriage. On...

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