Butler v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeals from Page Circuit Court. The plaintiffs in tlie several actions are judgment creditors of the defendant H. N. Nelson, and they brought their actions in equity to subject certain real estate, the title to which was in defendant E. G-. Bowman, to the satisfaction of their judgments.
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Appeals from Page Circuit Court. The plaintiffs in tlie several actions are judgment creditors of the defendant H. N. Nelson, and they brought their actions in equity to subject certain real estate, the title to which was in defendant E. G-. Bowman, to the satisfaction of their judgments. During the pendency of the actions Bowman conveyed the property to Nelson, who pleaded that a portion of it was his homestead, and was exempt from sale on execution for the satisfaction of plaintiffs’ judgment. The circuit court adjudged that the portion claimed as a homestead was exempt as such, but entered…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
The facts of the cases are not in dispute. The property in question is a farm of 120 acres. Nelson became the owner of the farm in 1879, and immediately entered into the possession and occupancy of the same. The dwelling-house and other buildings pertaining to the farm are all situated on one forty-acre tract, and that is the tract now claimed as a homestead. lie subsequently contracted the debts which are evidenced by plaintiffs’ judgments. In 1885, after the debts were contracted, he conveyed the farm to Bowman, his wife joining in the conveyance. Bowman paid no consideration for the…
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