Palmer v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Court. AotioN in equity to set aside a deed of one hundred and sixty acres of land. The plaintiff is the widow of one "William Palmer, deceased. In April, 1881, she and her husband executed the deed in question to the defendant, Daniel Palmer, who was the son of William Palmer by a wife from whom he had been divorced. In February, 1882, William Palmer died.
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Appeal from Harrison District Court. AotioN in equity to set aside a deed of one hundred and sixty acres of land. The plaintiff is the widow of one "William Palmer, deceased. In April, 1881, she and her husband executed the deed in question to the defendant, Daniel Palmer, who was the son of William Palmer by a wife from whom he had been divorced. In February, 1882, William Palmer died. The plaintiff brings this action to set aside the deed, on the ground that she was induced to sign it by the fraud of her husband and the defendant, Daniel, and on the further ground that, while the deed was…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
I. The conveyance to Daniel was without consideration. The deceased had several children besides him, and they and the plaintiff appear to have been left substantially unprovided for. No satisfactory reason for the conveyance is proved or suggested. We should not be indisposed to set aside the conveyance as to a portion of the land, if we could see our way clear to do so within the rules of law by. which we are bound.
In the outset, we have to say that we do not see that *206Daniel said or did anything to induce the conveyance. If 1. CONVEYance: fraud to impeach: evidence. any fraud was practiced…
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