Zunkel v. Colson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Boone District Court.- — Hon. °S. M. Weaver, Judge. ActioN for partition. Tbe answer put in issue the plaintiff’s title, and from a| decree in his fa.vor the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The parties to this action are the children of Ferdinand Zunkel, who¡ died March 18, 1876, leaving’, as his heirs the plaintiff, a son by his first wife, and the defendants, the issue of . his second union. The mother of the defendants survived him until January 18, 1896. Ferdinand settled on the eighty acres of land in controversy prior to- 1875, broke about fifty acres, built a house and fenced it, and June 23d of that year entered into a contract of purchase with Edwin C. Litchfield, agreeing to punctually pay therefor four hundred dollars November 1, 1875, and three hundred and eighty…
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