Else v. Fremont Methodist Church
Supreme Court of Iowa
1Opinion of the CourtLarson, J.
This appeal involves an action in equity, brought by Clarence Else, guardian of Sim Cundiff and Grace Cundiff, against the defendant, Fremont Methodist Church, wherein the guardian sought to have his wards’ deed conveying a remainder interest in the wards’ 134-acre farm to the defendant-church, subject to a retained life estate in said wards, canceled and set aside, and title to the property quieted in the wards as against the defendant, upon the grounds that (1) said wards were without sufficient mental capacity to execute said deed and (2) said deed was obtained from said wards by the…
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- In Re Estate of BrooksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1940
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