McMahill v. McMahill
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fremont District Court. The parties are tbe children and heirs at law of William McMahill, deceased. The action was brought by plaintiff for partition of certain real estate, which, he alleges, belonged at the time of his death to William McMahill, and descends in equal shares to his children.
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Appeal from Fremont District Court. The parties are tbe children and heirs at law of William McMahill, deceased. The action was brought by plaintiff for partition of certain real estate, which, he alleges, belonged at the time of his death to William McMahill, and descends in equal shares to his children. The defendant, William H. McMahill, filed a cross-petition, in which he alleges that he is the owner of the whole of one quarter section of the land described in plaintiff’s petition, and that he acquired the same by purchase from William McMahill in 1875. He also alleges that his contract…
1Opinion of the Court
Rísed, J.
i estates of claim'ofheir oradvanfei6 denoV considered‘ Defendant’s father purchased the land in question in the year 1875, and took the title thereto in his own name- Soon after the purchase defendant went into possession of the land, and erected thereon a dwelling house and other buildings. He also enclosed it, but the fencing material, or the greater portion of it, was purchased and paid for by his father. He continued to occupy and cultivate the place until the death of his father, which occurred in 1881, and he did not account to his father for the rent of the place during any…
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