Van Aken v. Clark
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. — How. S. EL Fairall, Judge. Actiow in equity to set aside a conveyance of real estate and the order of court by virtue of which, it is made. . A demurrer to the petition was sustained, and, tile plaintiffs refusing to further plead, judgment was rendered in favor' of the defendants for costs. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtKobiNSON, J.
The material facts shown by the pleadings are substantially as follows: Thomas Hill died testate in the year 1885. By his will he devised and bequeathed all his property to his wife, Eliza D. Hill. Mrs. Hill died intestate in the year 1886, leaving the plaintiffs and others as heirs. John N. Coldren qualified as executor of the estate of Thomas Hill, and entered upon the discharge of the duties of the office about the eighteenth day of February, 1888. On the third day of the next month he filed an application for the appointment of a special administrator. The grounds alleged for the…
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