Ford v. Ames National Bank

There is little, if any, dispute as to the facts. It appears that, at and prior to May, 1911, plaintiff and II. C. Ford were husband and wife, and lived in Ames, Iowa. A property was purchased and used as a homestead until May, 1918, when plaintiff moved to Marshalltown. The title was in the husband, and this was known to defendant. There were mortgages on the property. On March 1, 1918, the husband left Ames, and went to West Virginia, as an engineer in the employ of the government, or a contractor, but not in any branch of the military service. When he left, there was no talk of separation,…