Legal Opinion

Van Sickles v. Town

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 7, 1880PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Hardin Circuit Court. Action in chancery to set aside a decree of foreclosure of a mortgage, and the mortgage itself. The Circuit Court sustained a demurrer to the petition. Plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

i. mortgage : homestead: mistake. I. The petition alleges that plaintiff, who is á married woman, joined with her husband in the execution of a mortgage, and that the instrument covered her , , , i • , , , iiomestead, which was not known to her when it was executed. She alleges that she was induced to sign the instrument by representations that her husband was acquiring the title of certain lands from her father in order to secure the first named on account of liability as her father’s surety, and that the mortgage was made to secure the creditors of her father and husband, and that she was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jewett v. SmartSupreme Court of Iowa · 1861
  2. O'Brien v. YoungSupreme Court of Iowa · 1863

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Fleming v. HagerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903

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