Hamiel v. Donnelly
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lyon District Court. — Hon. Gíeorgke W. Wakefield, Judge. In August, 1877, J. L. Hamiel was appointed guardian of the plaintiffs, who were his minor sons. The plaintiffs held the title to certain wild and unproductive land in Lyon county. The said guardian made an application to the circuit court of Cedar county for an order to sell said real estate. The order was granted, and the sale was made to one W. C. Long, and the sale and deed were approved by the court.
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Appeal from Lyon District Court. — Hon. Gíeorgke W. Wakefield, Judge. In August, 1877, J. L. Hamiel was appointed guardian of the plaintiffs, who were his minor sons. The plaintiffs held the title to certain wild and unproductive land in Lyon county. The said guardian made an application to the circuit court of Cedar county for an order to sell said real estate. The order was granted, and the sale was made to one W. C. Long, and the sale and deed were approved by the court. Long conveyed to other parties, and the defendants hereto now hold the land in parcels, either as grantees from Long or…
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
— After the land was sold at guardian’s sale, and the deed made and approved by the court, the plaintiffs’ guardian died insolvent. It appears that the guardian originally purchased the land from one Elliot, and caused the conveyance thereof to be made to the plaintiffs, who were his minor sons, and who lived *95with him to the time of his death. It further appears that the consideration received from Long for the purchase at guardian’s sale was not money, but a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Cedar county, and that the conveyance of the land in controversy to the plaintiffs was a gift to…
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