State Ex Rel. Turner v. Buechele

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• holding survival statute did not prevent abatement of civil action “where the subject matter of the controversy [was] personal to the decedent”
• holding supreme court lacked the authority to order a deceased former office holder restored to his office even if the opinion affected possible future litigation in a suit for salary
• discussing abatement of civil action under section 686.17 upon death of a defendant
• \The test [of mootness] is whether an opinion would be of force and effect as to the underlying controversy. \
• county supervisor’s challenge to his removal from office rendered moot by his death; the public interest exception “has nothing to do with the notoriety of the case. We believe any likelihood of recurrence is negligible .... ”
• considering Iowa Code § 686.17 (1975)

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