Dawson v. McFaddin

This cause comes upon appeal from the district court of Johnson county. The following statement of the case I adopt from the brief of appellants as entirely fair and sufficiently full for the purpose of this opinion:

“ On February 5th, 1885, the plaintiffs filed their petition, alleging that on or about January 11th, 1881, defendant Eleanor J. McFaddin, then Eleanor J. Dawson, held and controlled divers large sums of money and other property in which plaintiffs owned large interests, and for the purpose of distributing to plaintiffs a portion of the property aforesaid belonging to them or in…