Janes v. Brown
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Ha/rdin Circuit Cou/rt. Action in chancery. A cross-bill was filed by defendants. Upon a trial on the merits both bill and cross-bill were dismissed, and both plaintiff and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The petition alleges that plaintiff and defendants are children and heirs at law of Sylvanus M. and Eunice Janes, deceased; that plaintiff, for more than nine years -after he attained his majority, lived with his parents and supported them by his labor upon their farm, under an agreement that he was to be paid therefor in land, and subsequently it was agreed that plaintiff was to have the farm upon which the family lived; that, in pursuance of this agreement, he .rendered service to his parents which, with interest, amounted to three thousand two hundred and fifty-nine dollars, and that…
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