Overmyer v. Overmyer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Guthrie District Court. — H. S. Dugan, Judge. Suit in equity to set aside a deed for want of mental capacity in the grantor to make the same. After a trial on the merits, a decree was entered dismissing the petition of plaintiffs. They appeal. —
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, C. J.
The grantor in the deed assailed herein was George Overmyer, Sr., who died in his ninetieth year, on April 4, 1918. The deed in question was a conveyance of 40 acres of land, and was executed in August, 1916. He left surviving him four daughters and three sons. The sons are known in the record as George, Ed, and John. The grantees in the deed are Roy and Perry Overmyer, the two sons of the son John. They are the defendants herein. The plaintiffs are the son George and four daughters of the deceased grantor. The sole ground of attack is mental incapacity. There is no claim that the grantees…
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