Carr v. Craig
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Adair District Court.— Hon. Edmund Nichols, Judge. In her original petition plaintiff asked to recover judgment, as against the defendant, for money which had been invested by her in part payment for a tract of land, to which she had allowed him to acquire the title in an action to foreclose, brought against plaintiff and her husband, with the agreement that he would refund to her all the money which she had invested in the land.
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Appeal from Adair District Court.— Hon. Edmund Nichols, Judge. In her original petition plaintiff asked to recover judgment, as against the defendant, for money which had been invested by her in part payment for a tract of land, to which she had allowed him to acquire the title in an action to foreclose, brought against plaintiff and her husband, with the agreement that he would refund to her all the money which she had invested in the land. In an amendment to her petition plaintiff asked that an accounting be had between her and the defendant as to the money invested by him in acquiring…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The plaintiff is the sister of the defendant, and acquired title to the land involved in this suit by purchase from one Cole in 1893. It appears that, although plaintiff’s husband, Clarence Carr, with whom she was living at the time of contracting with Cole, but from whom she subsequently sepárated, invested no money in the property, the deed by Cole was made to plaintiff and her husband as joint grantees, and that, subsequently, some negotiations were had between plaintiff and defendant with reference to a foreclosure proceeding, to be brought by defendant against plaintiff on account of an…
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