Ratigan v. Ratigan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Court. — O. D. Wheeler, Judge. The appellees, who were plaintiffs below, procured the cancellation and setting aside of a deed to certain real estate which had been executed and delivered by one Patrick Ratigan and the plaintiff and appellee, Anna Ratigan, his wife, to the father of Patrick. The appeal is from the decree thus canceling.
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
I. The investigation and decision of this appeal have been made exceedingly difficult. The original abstract for the appellants contains 37 pages; their amended and additional abstract, 124; the abstract and denial of the appellees, 37. An attack upon this last adds 6 more pages of print. When it comes to stating the issues, appellants, in effect, do no more than to refer us to pages 3 to 29 of their abstract. Of this, page 3 to 19, inclusive, mostly set forth various pleadings which were afterwards substituted for, and appear to be out of the case. The arguments presented and the citations…
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- Close v. SammSupreme Court of Iowa · 1869
- McClenahan v. StevensonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
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- Beechley v. BeechleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
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