Hoon v. Hoon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cedar District Court.— HoN. W. G. Thompson, Judge. ActioN in equity to declare a trust in favor of plaintiff in certain real estate. Demurrer to. petition sustained, and plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
Weavbk, J.—
The petitioner states that her father, Silas Hoon, died, leaving a will, by which his property and estate were to be divided equally between herself and her brother, the defendant. She further states that at the time of his death the said testator had no property or estate except a certain lot in Tipton of the value of $1,000. This property, she says, was purchased with the proceeds of other property formerly owned by her father, and that in taking the conveyance thereof the deed was made to the defendant, Rush Hoon. It is further averred that the deed, though absolute in form, was…
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