Lillie v. Skinner
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Chickasaw District Court. Action in chancery. There was a decree of the District Court granting the relief prayed for by plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The facts of the case appear in the opinion. . .
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The record before us exhibits the following proceedings in the case:
1. The petition was filed October 4, 1873, in the Circuit Court of Chickasaw county, wherein E. W.- Case was alone *330made defendant. It alleges that plaintiff and the defendant entered into a contract whereby plaintiff was to board, clothe, and otherwise provide for, four children, Lydia Jane Prescott and her brother and two sisters, for which defendant undertook to pay plaintiff the sum of two hundred dollars per year. Defendant also agreed to purchase certain land, the possession of which plaintiff was to have, and whenever…
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