Murphy v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Mitchell District Court. — Hon. J. B. Cleland, Judge. Action in equity to enforce a trust and to compel an accounting. There was a trial by the court, and a decree was rendered in favor of plaintiffs. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Robinson,' J.
— The parties to this action are the widow and heirs of John Murphy, who died intestate on the thirteenth day of April, 1879. Plaintiffs are the widow, daughters and grandchildren of decedent, and defendant is his son. When John Murphy died, he was the owner of eighty acres of land, and, as the plaintiffs claim, of stock, grain, machinery and other personal property, of the value of twenty-nine hundred and seventy-nine dollars. Defendant, at that time, held the title to two hundred acres of land, which, for many years, had been farmed in connection with the land of decedent. Upon…
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