Hutton v. Doxsee
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones District Court. — Hon. H. M. Kemley, Judge. Plaintiff filed a claim against tbe estate of M. H. Hutton, deceased, for work and labor performed at tbe instance and request of said Hutton, and, in a second count, for damages growing out of tbe deceased’s failure to comply with a contract, whereby be (tbe deceased) agreed upon a sufficient consideration to deed plaintiff a farm in Jones county, Iowa.
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Appeal from Jones District Court. — Hon. H. M. Kemley, Judge. Plaintiff filed a claim against tbe estate of M. H. Hutton, deceased, for work and labor performed at tbe instance and request of said Hutton, and, in a second count, for damages growing out of tbe deceased’s failure to comply with a contract, whereby be (tbe deceased) agreed upon a sufficient consideration to deed plaintiff a farm in Jones county, Iowa. Tbe administrator denied tbe claim, and pleaded a counterclaim for tbe use and occupation of tbe farm. Tbe case on tbe issues tbus joined was tried to a jury, resulting in a…
1Opinion of the Court
Deemer, J. —
1 Plaintiff claims that the deceased, who was his father, on or about September 18, 1885, agreed, to give him a farm in Jones county, which the deceased then owned, as his portion of the father’s estate, if he (plaintiff) would remain upon and cultivate it, pay taxes and interest on a $3,000 mortgage, which deceased then contemplated placing on the land, and after the death of the father pay certain heirs the sum of $900; that he entered into the possession of the farm under this agreement, and has ever since been in the possession thereof as owner; that he has paid the taxes on…
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- Dysart v. FurrowSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
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