Hadley v. Stuart
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Guthrie Oireuit Court. ActioN in equity to establish a trust in certain land embraced within, the town plat of the town of Stuart, Guthrie county. The defendant demurred to the plaintiff’s- petition, and the demurrer was overruled. From the order overruling the demurrer the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
The land in question is an undivided sixth part of eighty acres. The facts as shown by the petition are , la IvJi/S U-LiAlN tx ÍSífconstitut-m®. in substance as follows: The defendant’s title, ' whatever he has, was acquired in 1868 by deed from one Deborah P>. Lewis, formerly Deborah R. Hadley, the plaintiff’s grandmother. She had purchased the property in 1857, and taken the title in her name. The plaintiff claims that she purchased it- in part with money that belonged to his father, one Amos Hadley, who has since died intestate; that a trust resulted to Amos Hadley, and that upon his death…
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