Chambers v. Brady
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. — Hon. M. J. Wade, Judge. Suit in equity to set aside and cancel a deed made by one Thomas Brady, in his lifetime, to the defendants. It is claimed that Brady was weak and unsound of mind at the time the conveyance was made, and that the defendants procured the execution and delivery thereof by fraud and undue influence. The court dismissed the plaintiff’s petition, and she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Thomas Brady was the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land in Johnson county, valued at about the sum of six thousand dollars. He, with his family, had resided thereon, at the time of his death, more than forty years. His wife- died in the year 1874, and his three children, who are the parties to this litigation, remained with him until the marriage of plaintiff, in the year 1881. After the plaintiff’s marriage, she left the old homestead, and took up her residence with her husband. The defendants continued to live with their father upon the premises in controversy until his death,…
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