Beatty v. Cook
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Buchanan District Court. — F. C. Platt, Judge. AotioN in equity to quiet title and determine tbe priority of judgment creditors in relation to tbe enforcement of tbeir claimed liens against a pension-money homestead. The opinion states tbe facts. Tbe trial court .entered a decree in favor of tbe plaintiff. Defendant appeals.-
1Opinion of the CourtDe Graff, J.
To apply or appreciate the law of this case it is quite necessary to understand its chronology. It is a case of novel impression. Tbe record discloses tbe following salient facts:
’ judgment as )ien on pension-bought homestead. Jane Wardell purchased a homestead at Independence, Iowa with government pension money January 22, 1900. She died April 1st, 1904.
On May 24, 1898 a judgment was entered in favor of Maggie Gorman in the district court of Buchanan County, Iowa for $178.77 against Jane Wardell.
Subsequently to the death of Jane Wardell a petition for execution was filed by Maggie Gorman…
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- Beatty v. WardellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
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