Detrick v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Crawford District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. Action to set aside conveyance of real estate alleged to' have been procured through fraud. Trial. Decree against plaintiffs on their petition, and for defendant on his cross-petition. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWithrow, J.
Plaintiffs are nieces of the defendant, and of Robert N. Patterson, who died intestate in 1874, seised *462of the land in controversy, he at the time being unmarried, having no issue, and his mother, the grandmother of plaintiffs, was his sole heir. The mother of plaintiffs died before her brother, Robert N. Patterson; and at’ the time of the different transactions hereinafter referred to the plaintiffs, with their brothers, upon the death intestate of the grandmother, Margaret Patterson, were entitled to share in her estate. She died in 1896 or 1897. After the death of Robert N. Patterson,…
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