Francis v. Francis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Calhoun District Court. — E. G. Albert, Judge. This is an action in equity to have all the property that Smiley Francis, deceased, had at the time of his death, declared to be the property of plaintiff, under an oral contract which plaintiff claimed to have had with the deceased, and, failing in that contention, to have the court award her such an amount from the estate of deceased as would compensate her for services performed by her for deceased during his…
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Appeal from Calhoun District Court. — E. G. Albert, Judge. This is an action in equity to have all the property that Smiley Francis, deceased, had at the time of his death, declared to be the property of plaintiff, under an oral contract which plaintiff claimed to have had with the deceased, and, failing in that contention, to have the court award her such an amount from the estate of deceased as would compensate her for services performed by her for deceased during his lifetime, and to have certain property declared hers that was taken possession of by the administrator, and which she claims…
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
1- tract1Vo aé”’ for6 ¿ropertyCat Plaintiff’s claim is substantially this: That, about 19 years prior to the death of her brother, Smiley Francis, deceased, she had an oral contract with him to the effect that, if she would go with him on a farm and assist him in his farming operations, her brother was to support her, and at his death, all his property of which he died seized should belong to her; that her brother died intestate on November 20, 1914; that deceased never married, left no widow, child or children or father or mother surviving him, but left brothers and sisters and nephews and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Lingenfelter v. St. ClairSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
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