Reeves v. Howard
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from-Plymouth District Court. — Hon. George W. Wakefield, Judge. Action in equity to set aside and declare void certain deeds by which one Harmess J. Howard conveyed real estate to the defendant. Decree as prayed, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The plaintiff and defendant aré sister?. On May 23, 1898, Harmess J. Howard, a brother of these parties, being upon his deathbed, made, executed, and delivered to defendant deeds for four several tracts, of real estate of the value of $4,000 to $6,000, the express consideration of such conveyances being ‘ ‘ one dollar and natural love and affection,” and immediately after executing said deeds also executed a will bequeathing the remainder of his estate, being' personalty of the value of $500 to $700, to plaintiff and another sister, Mrs. McKean, in equal shares. Two or three days later…
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