McCune v. Oldham

This is a partition suit involving certain described Warren County, Iowa, real estate, of which Emma Sipe, intestate, died seized. The record facts on this appeal are simple and not in dispute. The primary question involves the statute of descent of Iowa. The facts disclose that one Emma Sipe died August 7, 1930, intestate, parentless, spouse-less and childless'. Her brother James McCune and her sister Iola M. Chapin, plaintiffs in this cause, were then living. Her sister Jennie Cummings was dead, but was survived by a daughter, Frances Curtis. Her sister Ida Oldham died prior to Emma Sipe,…