Betts v. Harding
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court.— Hon W. H. McHenry, Judge. Action in equity.for an injunction and to quiet title .to real estate. From a decree in favor of plaintiff, the defendant Harding appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
'Jeremiah J. Betts died January 28, 1898, intestate, seised of the entirety of the real estate in Polk county, an undivided portion of which is in controversy in this action. He left surviving him his widow, Elizabeth Betts, and six children, of whom the plaintiff was one, and a married daughter, Hannah E. Sharp, another. The property described in the petition embraced the homestead of the Betts family, and, after the death of Jeremiah, his widow continued in the occupancy thereof. No application was ever made by her or on her behalf to have her distributive share set off, or to have her…
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