Staly v. McNerney

Mrs. Eva Esther McNerney, the defendant, is the widow of William Thomas McNerney, who died October 12, 1940. Decedent in his will devised to her a ninety-acre farm in Polk county, south of Des Moines. The farm originally consisted of one hundred and thirty acres, of which the south forty acres were devised to a son. Plaintiff, W. E. Staly, was the owner under contract from Westons of two houses situated on one lot and known as 1111 and 1113 Pennsylvania Avenue, in Des Moines, and deed therefor from the Westons to Staly, of date February 11, 1942, was recorded February 13, 1942.

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