Green v. Wilding
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottcmatamie District Gowrt. This is an action in equity to compel the defendant to re-convey to tbe plaintiff the undivided one third of a certain eighty acres of land. The court dismissed the plaintiff’s petition. The plaintiff appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
In 1869, one O. H. Barton died, seized of the land in question, leaving his widow, Rebecca Barton, and his children, Charles B. Barton, and the plaintiff his sole iegal heirs. On the 19th day of February, 1872, Rebecca, Ida, and Charles Barton, for the consideration of $800, conveyed the *680land in controversy, to the defendant. At the time of this conveyance-the plaintiff was thirteen or fourteen years of age, and Charles Barton was younger. No order of court was obtained appointing a guardian of the minors, or directing the sale of the real estate in question. The purchase was made by the…
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