Horr v. French
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. F. R. Gtaynor, Judge. Originally, this was an action at law, brought by the plaintiff’s intestate, to recover damages from defendant for fraud and misrepresentation, inducing her to part with an interest in certain lands in Wood-bury county. The defendant pleaded certain equitable defenses, which will be hereafter referred to.
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. F. R. Gtaynor, Judge. Originally, this was an action at law, brought by the plaintiff’s intestate, to recover damages from defendant for fraud and misrepresentation, inducing her to part with an interest in certain lands in Wood-bury county. The defendant pleaded certain equitable defenses, which will be hereafter referred to. The cause was transferred to the equity calendar and tried to the court, resulting in a decree dismissing the plaintiff’s petition. Mary H. French died during the pendency of the proceedings, and her administrator was…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
On the fifth day of January, 1868, one A. Z. French died intestate, seized of the northeast quarter of section 19, township 89, range 47, in Wood-bury county, Iowa. Plaintiff’s intestate was, and defendant is, an heir of the said A. Z. French; and, as such heir, Mary H. French was entitled to fifteen two hundred-twenty-fourths of the estate of the deceased. February 5, 1868, one J. N. Field was appointed administrator of the estate of A. Z. French.. As such administrator, he filed an inventory, listing all the real and personal property of thé deceased, and showing all the debts against the…
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