Brown v. Brown
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell,' Judge. Action for partition of certain real property. The defendant denied any interest of the plaintiff in the ¡property, and asserted in herself full ownership, and she asked to have her title quieted as against plaintiff. After a hearing on the merits, the court dismissed plaintiff’s petition, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The alleged right of plaintiff in the property in controversy arose out of a conveyance by defendant to plaintiff of a half interest in all the property of the defendant which was executed after plaintiff and defendant became husband and wife. Bor defendant the principal contentions are that the conveyance was not absolute, but conditional, and that 'the conditions thereof were broken by the plaintiff; that, with'the intention to surrender to defendant all interest in the property, the deed from defendant to plaintiff was by plaintiff surrendered to defendant, and by her destroyed; and that,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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