Leach v. Hall
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clinton District Court. — Hon. £L M. Waterman, Judge. Action of right to recover the possession of certain lots in the city of Clinton. Defendant Hall filed an answer and cross petition, in which he claimed to be the owner of the property, and alternately of an undivided interest therein, and asked that, in the event he be found a cotenant with plaintiffs, partition be made of the lots, and for other relief.
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Appeal from Clinton District Court. — Hon. £L M. Waterman, Judge. Action of right to recover the possession of certain lots in the city of Clinton. Defendant Hall filed an answer and cross petition, in which he claimed to be the owner of the property, and alternately of an undivided interest therein, and asked that, in the event he be found a cotenant with plaintiffs, partition be made of the lots, and for other relief. The Germania Building Association filed a separate answer and cross petition, asking the foreclosure of a certain mortgage held by it upon the property in controversy,…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
It appears from the .testimony that one Tertius Holly Leach was married to one Orica Fan-ton, in the state of Vermont, in the year 1834, and that plaintiffs, Horace Leach and Deforace Leach, are the sole and only issue of that marriage. In the year 1837, and shortly after the birth of these children, Tertius Leach deserted his wife, Orica, and some time in that year married a woman known as Orinda Leach, in the state of New York. Three children were the result of this union, — Henry, who died many years prior to the death of his father; Charles, who was a soldier in the late war, and who…
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