Warfield v. Warfield
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Court. — Hon. ■ Walter I. Hates, Judge. Action in chancery to cancel and set aside a deed for lands, and for a settlement and accounting for moneys received by defendant as the guardian of plaintiff, appointed by reason of .the fact that plaintiff was declared insane. There was a decree granting the relief prayed for by plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
— I. The important and controlling facts of the case, as disclosed by the pleadings and established by the evidence, are, briefly stated, as follows: In *634September, 1875, the plaintiff and defendant were married. He had valuable real estate, — a farm near the city of Muscatine. Her father was a man of money and property, and had prior-to their marriage loaned the plaintiff several sums of money, amounting in the aggregate to twenty-two or twenty-three hundred dollars. In March, 1876, defendant’s father visited her at the farm near Muscatine, where she resided with her husband. During the visit…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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