Singleton v. National Land Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Henry Bank, Jr., Judge. Action to recover possession of certain lots alleged to constitute a homestead, and recover rents and, profits accrued. On hearing, the petition was dismissed. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1' p™tiesEconciuadráwai without prejudice. Azubah Fassett acquired, under the will of . Rosilla Height, the front 50 feet of Lots 7, 8, and 9, in Block 6 in the city of Keokuk. Thereafter, on September 14, 1896, she married the plaintiff, John L. Singleton, and within a year a son, Paul T., was born to them. In 1899, Mrs. Singleton was adjudged iusane, and committed to the hospital for the insane at Mount Pleasant, where she has been ever since. Up to this time, they had occupied the described premises as their homestead, and plaintiff continued such occupancy, with his son, for about a year…
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