Swett v. Large
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Taylor District Court. — HoN. H. M. TowNER, Judge. Plaintiee is the widow of Cyrus Swett, and in this action prays that her dower interest in certain land be set apart to her. The petition was dismissed, and she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The forty acres in controversy was conveyed to Cyrus Swett January 80, 1866, and on March 9th of the same year he deeded it to William Large, Swett died January 5, 1892, and in this action, begun September 10, 1901, the plaintiff asks that she be declared to have a dower interest in the land, and that it be set apart for her. The purported signatures of the deed to Large and the acknowledgment are as follows:
“Cyrus Sweat.
“.Rebeca Sweat.
“State of Iowa, Taylor County, ss. I, William Roberts, a Justice of the Peace of said County hereby certify that on this day personally came before me Cyrus…
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