Gardner v. Baker
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Deeatur District Court. This controversy relates to 66xVo acres of land, being a part of 160 acres, near Leon, in Decatur county. The entire quarter section'was entered by Daniel Bradley in 1851. On the 8th of October, 1857, he conveyed it to ■his wife, Marietta, who died in October, 1858, leaving the husband and the defendants (their minor children), her ■surviving.
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Appeal from Deeatur District Court. This controversy relates to 66xVo acres of land, being a part of 160 acres, near Leon, in Decatur county. The entire quarter section'was entered by Daniel Bradley in 1851. On the 8th of October, 1857, he conveyed it to ■his wife, Marietta, who died in October, 1858, leaving the husband and the defendants (their minor children), her ■surviving. In 1855 the husband formed a business partnership with one John W. Gardner, for the purpose of carrying on a general mercantile business. He held in his own name at this time, this 160 acres of land, as also some…
1Opinion of the CourtWeight, J.
Fbaxtotjlbnt taetVco™' Sequent creditors. That Daniel Bradley was largely involved at the time of conveying this land to his wife, can admit of bid little doubt. A farmer in fair cireumstances — like many others, he was carried away with the delusive thought that there was an eagjer roa(j competence, if not. fortune— bought goods and entered into trade, just before the perilous financial times of 1857-8. His bills payable increased faster than those receivable. He found his home, acquired by the labor of years, in danger of sacrifice; and, forgetting that he should be just to his creditors,…
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