Ditson v. Ditson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. J. M. Casey, Judge. Action in equity to set aside a deed,- and for a distributive share of the property of Lyman Ditson, deceased, and for other relief. There was a judgment and decree for the plaintiff, from which the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
In 1888, Lyman Ditson died intestate in Lee county, Iowa, seized in fee of one hundred and *278forty acres of land. The plaintiff is his widow. She avers that, as such widow, she is entitled to the possession of the decedent’s homestead; that on 'March 13, 1888,-the defendants, through their agent, Jesse Ditson, procured her to execute a quitclaim deed, conveying to them all the real estate above mentioned; that said deed was procured by threats, and was not her voluntary act and deed; that she was, through grief, prostrated, and not in a fit mental condition to transact any business, and that…
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