Shepard v. Pratt
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blaok Hcmk District Court. Action in chancery to subject certain lands, the legal title of which is in defendant, Clarissa A. Brainard, to a judgment recovered by defendant George E. Pratt, against defendant S. E. Brainard. A decree was rendered in favor of plaintiff. S. E. and Clarissa Brainard appeal. Tbe facts of the case will be found in- tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1« Conveyance : trust: In October, -1857, defendant Pratt conveyed certain lands in Black Hawk county to Clarissa A. Brainard. In payment for these lands be • -¶ n ✓-n-i • • -¶ received from Clarissa, m money and property, wbicb she held in ber own right, about $350, and a conveyance from ber husband and co-defendant in this suit, S. A. Brainard, for a tract of land in Floyd county. Tbe title to tbe Floyd county lands failed and Pratt brought suit against S. A. and Clarissa A. Brainard upon the covenants of warranty in the deed to him for tbe land. Judgment was finally rendered in October,…
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