Paine v. Means
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Kossuth District Cou/rt. Action in equity to subject certain real estate, the title to which is in defendant, Martha S'. Means, to a judgment in favor of plaintiff against defendant, John 33. Means. The judgment of the district court subjects the property to sale for the satisfaction of a portion of the judgment only. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
There is no controversy as to the facts of the case. They are as follows: Defendant, John 33. Means, and plaintiff are brother and sister. In 1874 their father died intestate, leaving these parties and three other children his *548sole heirs. At the time of his death he was the owner of a farm of 160 acres. John B. Means was a married man, and he.lived upon and cultivated the farm from the time of his father’s death until 1879. In 1877 he purchased the interest of each of the other heirs in the farm. Plaintiff was the last of the parties to sell her interest, and defendant agreed to pay her $200…
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