Douglass v. Lougee
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Pottaiuattamie District Court. — Hon. .0. D. Wheeler, Judge. Suit iu equity for an accounting from defendants, who, it is claimed, were plaintiff’s agents for the handling of certain lands. The trial court dismissed the petition, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Benjamin Douglass, Sr., at one time owned something like three thousand one hundred and fifty acres of land in Pottawattamie, Shelby, Mills, and Harrison Counties' in this state. These lands were secured by him at a very early date, and for a small price. In September of the year 1897 he conveyed these lands to his seven children, five of whom are represented by this plaintiff; (reserving to himself a life estate therein), and charging the property with two trusts or donations; — one of $20,000 less the assets of his estate upon his death, for the benefit of his wife, Louise Douglass, and the…
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