Darling v. West
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie Circuit Cow't. The plaintiff claims title to a certain forty acres of land by virtue of a sheriff’s deed, executed August 8, 1877, and prays judgment for the immediate possession thereof.
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Appeal from Pottawattamie Circuit Cow't. The plaintiff claims title to a certain forty acres of land by virtue of a sheriff’s deed, executed August 8, 1877, and prays judgment for the immediate possession thereof. The defendants for answer allege that the defendant George West is, and for fifteen years has been, the head of a family, and the defendant Susan West for the time mentioned-has been the wife of George West; that the real property described in the petition is and for eight years- last past has been the defendant’s homestead; that for six years prior to the purchase of said real…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
i. PPACTIC33: verdict: fail-lire to answer interrógalories- • — It appears from the special findings that the defendants owned a homestead in Harrison county, which they sold in September, 1868: that they set apart a portion or the proceeds for the purchase of a new homestead, and that in July, 1869, with a part of the proceeds of.the sale of the homestead in Harrison county they purchased the homestead in question. Intermediate the date of the sale of the old and the acquisition of the new homestead, in April, 1869, the debt in question was contracted. The reply alleges that the defendant,…
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