Archer v. Barnes
Supreme Court of Iowa
Apfeal from Mills District Court. — Hon. O. D. Wheeler and Hon. E. B. Woodruee, Judges. Action to set aside a deed and to quiet title. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, as was a motion to strike an amendment thereto, and, the plaintiffs electing to stand on the rulings, the petition was dismissed. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The deed assailed was executed June 10, 1909, by Amanda A. Barnes, conveying an undivided onetliird of about two hundred and eighty-nine acres of land to the defendant, a grandson. This land had belonged to W. B. Barnes, whose will had been admitted to probate in 1884. It bequeathed his personal property after the payment of debts and funeral expense, “to be equally divided between Amanda A. Barnes, my beloved wife, and my six children, to wit (naming them). And I hereby give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Amanda Barnes, all of my real estate as long as she remains William B. Barnes’ widow…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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