Crouse v. Morse
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Cowt't. This is an action in equity to subject certain property — the legal title to which is in the defendant Frances C. — to the payment of a judgment recovered against J. W. Morse. The court dismissed the petition, and plaintiff appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
The facts in this case are as follows: “The defendants, J. W. and Frances C. Morse, are husband and wife, and were married in 1863. In 1864 or 1865 they purchased, with the separate means of Frances C. Morse, the undivided half of lot 2 in Palmer’s block in Council Bluffs, and the same was conveyed to Frances C. Morsa. In 1867 the defendant Frances C. Morse, acting through her agent, J. W. Morse, exchanged this property with H. C. Nutt for lots 1 and 2 in Jeffries’ subdivision to Council Bluffs. H. C. Nutt executed the deed for this property to the defendant J. W. Morse by mistake. J. W.…
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