Opinion ID: 2180116
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Heading: Appellants' counsel only urge three matters as establishing peculiar circumstances.

Text: 1. Claimants are non-residents. We have held in many cases that non-residence of claimant is not sufficient basis for establishment of peculiar circumstances. Roaf v. Knight, 77 Iowa 506, 42 N.W. 433; In re McPheeters' Will, supra; Kells v. Lewis, 91 Iowa 128, 58 N.W. 1074. 2. Claimants had no notice of death of Gus H. Mundt until August 31, 1954. 3. Attorney for Mundt Estate wrote Iowa Hardware Mutual Insurance Company of his death in April, 1953. The estate was not obligated to give any notice except statutory notice. It was not the duty of the executrix, nor any attorneys involved in either the estate or the claims, to give personal notice to any creditors, or possible creditors, as to death, or expiration of time for filing claims. Roaf v. Knight, supra; Bates v. Remley, supra; Federal Land Bank of Omaha v. Bonnett, supra; Kells v. Lewis, supra. We hold these matters are not sufficient to establish peculiar circumstances.