Coughlin v. St. Patrick's Church of Tama

I. Many years ago, three brothers and a sister came to America from Ireland. They were poor, and encountered the vicissitudes familiar to immigrants of their class. One of the brothers married, and subsequently . died, leaving the appellees surviving him as his sole heirs at law. The two brothers Daniel and Robert and the sister, Mary, never married. Daniel and Robert purchased a small tract in the vicinity of Clutier, in Tama County, and lived upon it, with the sister, Mary. They were thrifty, industrious, and economical, and their original holdings grew until the brothers became the owners…