Peters v. Jones
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee Disftriet Oowrt. Action to enforce an alleged trust of real property. The petition states that the plaintiff Margaret A. Peters (formerly Margaret A. Ritchey) is the widow of John B. Ritchey, deceased, who died intestate in Lee county, Iowa, on the 27th day of July, 1852; that the other plaintiffs, James M. Ritchey and Joel O. Ritchey, are children and heirs at law of said deceased; that said John B. Ritchey was a son of James Ritchey, who died Marsh, 1869,…
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Appeal from Lee Disftriet Oowrt. Action to enforce an alleged trust of real property. The petition states that the plaintiff Margaret A. Peters (formerly Margaret A. Ritchey) is the widow of John B. Ritchey, deceased, who died intestate in Lee county, Iowa, on the 27th day of July, 1852; that the other plaintiffs, James M. Ritchey and Joel O. Ritchey, are children and heirs at law of said deceased; that said John B. Ritchey was a son of James Ritchey, who died Marsh, 1869, in Clark county, Missouri, after disposing of his property by will; that the defendants are the devisees of said James…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
1. equity • speanflcCéPoe/parrof contract. The evidence shows that the land in controversy was purchased by and conveyed to Harvey H. l^chey and James Ritchey March 24, 1840, f°r ^be consideration of one hundred and fifty dollars, and that on the 1st day of April, 1851, Harvey H. Ritchey and wife conveyed all their right, title and interest therein to James Ritchey.
One of the alleged grounds upon which plaintiff claims that James Ritchey held the title to the land'in trust for his son, John B. Ritchey, is that the latter paid or furnished the purchase-money. This allegation the evidence…
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