Golden v. Hardesty
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. Action in equity to recover the amount due on a promissory note, and to foreclose a mortgage given to secure its payment. There was a hearing on the merits, and a decree in favor of the defendants, Joseph C. and Lenora 0. Hardesty. The plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtBobinson, J.
The defendants, Joseph C. and Lenora C. Hardesty, are husband and wife. In June,. 1890, the husband owned lots six and seven in block twenty-nine in Mullen’s subdivision of the city of Council Bluffs, and they occupied them as their place of residence. On the fourth day of the month they signed and acknowledged a deed for each of the lots, from *623which the name's of the grantees were omitted. ■ As thus executed, the instruments were left in the possession of a mum named Daniels. In the one which purported to convey lot six the name of John W. Hodg-man as grantee was subsequently inserted, and…
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