Anderson v. Blakesly
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Taylor District Court. — Hon. H. M. Townee, Judge. Action in equity for the partition of real estate. Bill dismissed, and decree entered against the plaintiffs on cross-bill. Plaintiffs appeal. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
In the year. 1886 one J. T. McColm and his wife were residents of the town of Gravity in Taylor county, Iowa. On June 5th of that year they adopted, or undertook to adopt, as their child the plaintiff herein, Nellie Anderson, who was then an infant. The instrument by which this adoption was sought to be effected was duly acknowledged and recorded and was in the following words:
Gravity, Iowa, June 5, 1886. Know all men by these presents, I, T. J. Davis, mayor of .Gravity, Taylor county, Iowa, having under my care, by the authority of . . . in me vested in me by the laws of the state of Iowa,…
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