McCrum v. McCrum
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from C'herohee District Court.— TIon. William Hutchinson, Judge. Suit in equity to set aside and cancel a deed for certain lands in Cherokee county. Trial to the court, decree dismissing plaintiff’s petition, and she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemee, J.
1. Husband and wife: cancellation of deed; duress; fraud. Plaintiff claims that tbe deed which she seeks to have canceled was obtained from her by the defendant, her husband, through duress and threats, and that tita same was never in fact delivered so as to become operative. Among other things, defend-an^. p]ea(je(j that conveyed the land covered by the deed in question to plaintiff, his wife, to hinder and delay one Peterson, who was about to sue him (defendant) for an alleged assault; that at the same time, and as a part of the same transaction, plaintiff made a deed for said property back…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Caffal v. HaleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
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