Watters v. Connelly
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Webster District Court. Action to foreclose a mortgage. There was a decree of forecloseure as to part of the land, and the petition as to the other part was by the decree, in effect, dismissed. The plaintiffs appeal. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I The mortgage which is the foundation of the action, was executed January 2, 1877, by Daniel 0. Connelly and Patrick Connelly, with their wives, and conveyed *218the south half of section 25, township 89, north, range 29 west, and east half of section 25, towhship 89, north, range 39 west.
The defendants, .James Connelly and his wife, in their answer allege that, in June, 1868, Daniel 0. Connelly, the father of James, being indebted to him for services of himself for five years, and for the service of his wife for one year, sold to him and his wife the east half of section 25 above described in…
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