Weber v. Lorenzen
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa; George C. Scott, Judge. Suit in equity by Lorenz Lorenzen, trustee in bankruptcy of Frank W. Weber, against Lola S. Weber. From a part of the decree, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
On April 11, 1922, Frank W. Weber was adjudged a voluntary bankrupt. He and his wife were then and for several years theretofore had been residing upon a 160-acre farm in Pocahontas county, Iowa, which was conveyed to him by his mother in April, 1917, charged with an annuity of $200 in her favor, payable annually during her lifetime. When the land was conveyed to him it was incumbered by a mortgage for $7,000. The land was unimproved. He fenced it, put in several carloads of tiling to drain it, and erected upon it the necessary farm buildings. These expenditures brought…
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