Long v. Hewitt
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Jasper Circuit Court. Jesse S. Long died in 1875, in Jasper county, Iowa. Loretta Long, plaintiff herein, is his widow, and Alice Hewitt is his daughter by a former marriage. ; He had no other children. Loretta Long filed her petition in the court below, making Alice Hewitt and Jennie May Long defendants, demanding the assignment of dower in the real estate of deceased.
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Appeal from, Jasper Circuit Court. Jesse S. Long died in 1875, in Jasper county, Iowa. Loretta Long, plaintiff herein, is his widow, and Alice Hewitt is his daughter by a former marriage. ; He had no other children. Loretta Long filed her petition in the court below, making Alice Hewitt and Jennie May Long defendants, demanding the assignment of dower in the real estate of deceased. Jennie May Long, by her guardian ad litem,, filed an answer and cross-petition, claiming to be an heir of said deceased and entitled to one-third of his estate; and, in support of such claim, she exhibited a…
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
There are many allegations in the answer and cross-petition which are wholly immaterial and foreign to the question to be determined in this action. It may be a matter of concern to the parties that Jesse S.'Long, deceased, was the owner of a large quantity of land, and was president *366of a National bank, that he left'a large fortune to be distributed among his heirs, but it has nothing'' whatever to do with the question as to whether the instrument in writing, relied on, should be enforced as a valid contract of adoption.
It appears that the instrument in question is dated in March, 1874. This…
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