Russell v. Smith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa District Court. — Hon. W. S. Withrow, Judge. Suit for the partition of certain real estate. Erorn a decree establishing plaintiff’s interest as claimed, denying certain advancements claimed to have been made to plaintiff’s grantor, and ordering partition, defendants appeal.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Ilcnry Staliley died intestate November 26, 1898, seised of the land in controversy. He left surviving several children, among whom was George; who inherited one-ninth of the real estate left by the deceased. March 4, 1899, George conveyed to plaintiff, by warranty deed, all his interest in the real estate left by his deceased father. Thereafter plaintiff brought suit in partition, making all the other heirs and their grantees parties defendant. These defendants pleaded that George had no interest in the real estate conveyed to plaintiff; that his father during his lifetime had advanced him…
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