Rank v. Kuhn

Plaintiff and Francis Rank were married September 10, 1930. They have a daughter, eleven. Defendant, age forty-two, a widow, is a sister of Francis’ mother. Francis is thirty-four. Defendant owns a life estate in a quarter-section farm three and one-half miles east of Fort Dodge, where she lives. In April 1942, defendant leased a part of the farm to Francis’ brother, Louis, who occupied the small tenant house on the farm for about eleven months. In the fall of 1942 a controversy arose between defendant and Louis which resulted in the commencement of an ejectment suit against him by defendant.…