Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Carter

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided November 21, 1906PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Butler District Court.— IIon. C. H. Kelly, Judge. Suit to enjoin the defendants from selling real estate under execution. There was a judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendants appeal.—

1Opinion of the Court

Sherwin, J.—

Mrs. Mary Wilson was the owner of the S. E. % of section 12, township 91, range 16, in Butler county, Iowa, and on the 12th day of April, 1900, she *443executed a warranty deed in the usual form conveying said land to her son, William C. Wilson, the plaintiff in this action. The deed contained the following provision: “ This conveyance is placed in escrow and shall be valid to pass the title to said lands upon its delivery to said grantee at or after my [the grantor’s] decease, and the payment by grantee, within two years after my decease, of three hundred dollars to Caroline Dow and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Leaver v. GaussSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
  2. Burlington University v. BarrettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
  3. Saunders v. SaundersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
  4. Tuttle v. RaishSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Keck v. McKinstrySupreme Court of Iowa · 1928
  2. Lathrop v. KnoopSupreme Court of Iowa · 1926
  3. Pass v. StephensArizona Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Shaull v. ShaullSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
  5. Manchester v. LoomisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921

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