Legal Opinion

Capitol Hill Monument Co. v. Welch

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided November 15, 1921Published

Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — D. W. Hamilton, Judge. Suit in equity, brought to subject property of the husband, appellee Frank Gr. Welch, to the satisfaction of a judgment obtained against the wife, Mrs. Frank Gr. Welch, for the cost of a monument erected by appellant at the grave of the infant daughter of Welch and his wife. Relief was denied, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtArthur, J.

The facts are not in dispute. The evidence offered by appellant was contained in a stipulation of facts, stating that appellant obtained judgment against appellee Mrs. Frank G. Welch, in the municipal court of the city of Des Moines, on May 17, 1919, for the sum of $318.10 and costs, on a contract signed by Mrs. Frank G. Welch for the purchase of a monument, to be erected at the grave of the deceased child, a baby two years old, of Frank G. Welch and Mrs. Frank G. *419Welch. This judgment was transferred to the district court of Polk County, and thereafter a transcript was filed in the district…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Crapo v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
  2. Mullinnix v. BrownSupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
  3. Lutz v. GatesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
  4. Devendorf & Mann v. EmersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
  5. Haggard v. HolmesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894

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