Parker v. Parker
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones District Goxirt. Tins action is brought to set aside a deed from E. O. Peters to the defendant of a certain lot, and to quiet the title to said premises in the plaintiff. The court granted the plaintiff the relief prayed for., The defendant appeals. The material.facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The plaintiff and. the defendant were husband and wife. The plaintiff owned the lot in controversy. On the 13th day of May, 1874, the plaintiff, his wife uniting in the deed, conveyed the lot in question to R. 0. Peters, for the expressed consideration of $2,500.. It is claimed by the plaintiff that the consideration for this conveyance was a patent right fop a churn, and that it was agreed that if the patent or territory did not prove satisfactory, Peters was to reconvey the land. We feel satisfied, however, that the real purpose of the conveyance on the part of the plaintiff was to place…
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