Crouse v. Crouse

The appellants, who are the children of John A. Crouse, deceased, commenced an action in equity to quiet title to a one-third interest in 500 acres of land in Boone county, Iowa, claiming in their petition that the appellee, the surviving spouse of John A. Crouse, feloniously caused the death of John A. Crouse and by reason thereof the appellee took no interest in the property of the estate under Code, section 12032. The appellants claim that their father, John A. Crouse, came to his death because of the unlawful acts and willful negligence of appellee in the operation of an automobile driven…