Patterson v. Spearman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Henry Gvrcuit Court. Friday, June 20. This is an action of replevin for seven horses, twenty-one head of cattle, one hundred acres of standing corn, one rick and one stack of hay, one rick of wheat, one rick and one stack of oats, and two wagons, of which the plaintiff, who is a married woman, claims to be the absolute owner in her own right, the same having been purchased with her separate earnings- and money.
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Appeal from Henry Gvrcuit Court. Friday, June 20. This is an action of replevin for seven horses, twenty-one head of cattle, one hundred acres of standing corn, one rick and one stack of hay, one rick of wheat, one rick and one stack of oats, and two wagons, of which the plaintiff, who is a married woman, claims to be the absolute owner in her own right, the same having been purchased with her separate earnings- and money. The defendants claim the property by virtue of the levy of an execution thereon, issued upon a judgment in favor of Clark and Seeley against J ames H. Patterson, the…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The evidence on the trial tended to establish these facts: The plaintiff was married to James H. Patterson in 1863, and was then possessed of a large quantity of land and a considerable sum of money, all of which she had inherited from her father. Her husband had no property. In 1865 they moved upon a farm, part of it being land of her father’s estate and part had been before bought with the wife’s money by her guardian for her. All the stock, farming utensils, etc., were paid for out of her money. The husband managed the farm and worked upon it in the same manner as other farmers do upon…
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