Booth v. Booth
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Bremer District Qourt. — Hon. J. F. Clyde., Judge. Action for partition. Tbe two plaintiffs claim that they and defendant V. S. Booth, as heirs of L. S. Booth, deceased, are the owners in common of certain described real estate, and ask partition thereof.
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Appeal from Bremer District Qourt. — Hon. J. F. Clyde., Judge. Action for partition. Tbe two plaintiffs claim that they and defendant V. S. Booth, as heirs of L. S. Booth, deceased, are the owners in common of certain described real estate, and ask partition thereof. Defendant V. S. Booth does not question the title under which plaintiffs claim, but asks that, if partition be granted, certain improvements made by him on the premises be set off to him; and that, if a-sale be ordered, the amount expended by him in improvements be made a lien upon the proceeds; and that he also have a lien for…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
1 2 L. S. Booth died intestate seised of the real estate involved in this case, which was his homestead, leaving surviving a widow and three children, two of whom are the plaintiffs and the third the defendant V. S. Booth. The widow elected to retain the homestead for life. The defendant, under some arrangement with his mother, lived with her for a time on the premises, and subsequently married, and occupied the house, his mother living with his family. The mother having died, the three children, as tenants in common of the reversion, have become the owners of the property, and the only…
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- Olleman v. KelgoreSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
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