Sullivan v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dallas District Gourt. — Hon. Edmund Nichols, Judge. Action involving plaintiff’s claim of dower in lands of which it is alleged her husband, James Sullivan, died seised. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
On October 1, 1893, James Sullivan, being the owner of several forty-acre tracts of land, including the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 21, township 81, range 26, in Dallas County, united with his wife. Bridget Sullivan, in a conveyance of *680the last-described tract to their son, James Sullivan, Jr. The deed so given recites that, in consideration of" such conveyance, James Sullivan, Jr., undertook to pay to the grantors, and to the survivor of them, during life, the sum of $100 per year, and all taxes accruing on said property, and that he would not convey or incumber the…
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