Chehak v. Battles
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones District Court.— 1-Ion. ¥m. G.. Thompson, Judge. Action to quiet title to a forty-acre tract of land. The defendant in a cross-petition claimed an undivided one-fourth interest therein. To this plaintiffs filed a demurrer, which was sustained, and, as defendant elected to stand on the ruling, the cross-petition was dismissed, and she appeals. — ■
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, J.—
Mary J. Battles was seised of the land in controversy at the time of her death in 1890, and, as it was a homestead, her husband continued in possession until 1904, when he died. Mrs.. Battles left her surviving three daughters, the plaintiffs, who inherit the property and are entitled to a decree giving title in them, unless the defendant has some interest therein by virtue of the following contract, to wit:
Know all men by these presents, that I, Mary Neugent, of the county of Humboldt, and State of Iowa, in consideration of the natural love and affection I bear to Mrs. Mary J.…
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