Nugent v. Dittel

This action of forcible entry and detainer was originally instituted in a Justice of the Peace court in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, on October 11, 1928. The ease was voluntarily transferred to the District Court of Iowa in and for Scott County. Prior to the trial, the plaintiff Minna Nugent died, and on March 27, 1929, Eobert Nugent duly qualified as the executor of the estate of Minna Nugent, deceased, and was subsequently substituted as plaintiff in said cause.

The defendants Dittel and Edna Thomsen filed their answer to plaintiff’s petition, alleging (1) a general denial, and (2) that…