Wilson v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines District Court. — Hon. James D. Smyth, Judge. Action in equity to enforce an alleged parol gift of a certain eighty acres of land, made by the defendant, James Wilson, and to cancel a conveyance of said land made by him to the defendant, Hausman. Defendants answered separately, denying the alleged gift, and averring that the land is the property of the defendant, Hausman. Decree was entered dismissing plaintiff's petition, from which she appealed. —
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
I. The sole contention is whether the evidence establishes the alleged gift. The following facts are undisputed: Some time prior to September 15, 1886, the defendant Wilson became the owner of the land in controversy, by purchase, for the consideration of three thousand five hundred and fifteen dollars, and took title to himself. On September 15, *6891886, Ms son, an only cMld, Jacob Wilson, then in Ms nineteenth year, was married to the plaintiff, she then being nineteen years of age. They were married at her father’s home, and John Wilson and his wife, though opposed to the marriage,…
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