McGovern v. McGovern
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Distriet Court. — Hubert Utterbaoe, Judge. Action to set aside certain deeds on the grounds that the same were obtained by undue influence, and that the grantor was mentally incompetent to execute the same. The trial court dismissed the plaintiffs’ petition.
1Opinion of the CourtFaville, J.
eekoe: dismis-action nullified by will. At the threshold of the case, we are confronted with a motion filed by appellees to dismiss the appeal. This motion has been ordered submitted with the case. A brief review of the history of the litigation is necessary.
The deeds m question were executed by one James McGovern, who was a resident ox Galesburg, in the state of Illinois. He was a man of considerable means, owning real estate in Illinois and the lands in question in Polk County, Iowa. He died on July 15, 1913. The appellants are children of the said decedent, and some of the appellees are…
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