Patterson v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. James D. Griffin, Judge. Action in chancery to annul and set aside a deed for land made by plaintiff to defendant. There was a decree granting the relief prayed for by plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, C. J.—
I. This is one of those often recurring cases in which aged and infirm parents, burdened with care of their farms, which, on account of their infirmities, they are incapable of managing, convey them to a son or daughter, or other relative, in consideration of care and support for the remainder of their days. This case, like all the great number that have reached this court, discloses discontent of the parent, and failure to perform his obligations on the part of grantee of plaintiff, resulting in unseemly litigation between mother and son. It would appear that frequency of…
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