Kwentsky v. Sirovy
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. F. O. Ellison, Judge. Originally this was an action for the partition of seventy-two and one-half acres of land in which plaintiff claimed to be the owner of an undivided one-half thereof, and in which she admitted that defendant Sirovy held the other one-half.
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Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. F. O. Ellison, Judge. Originally this was an action for the partition of seventy-two and one-half acres of land in which plaintiff claimed to be the owner of an undivided one-half thereof, and in which she admitted that defendant Sirovy held the other one-half. Afterward plaintiff asserted title to the entire tract, and asked that it be quieted against both defendants, and, in the event that could not be done, that she have judgment quieting her title to one-half thereof and judgment for the value of the other half against defendant Shunka. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiff and defendant Frank Shunka were mairied in the year 1877, and lived together as husband and wife until the year 1899. Shunka acquired title to eighty acres of land about the time of the marriage, and this was improved through the joint efforts and earnings of himself and wife, and finally sold in the year 1881. On September 24, 1881, with the proceeds of the sale, Shunka purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land from one Korab, and on November 16, 1881, lie, Frank Shunka, for a valuable, if not an adequate, consideration, conveyed one-half thereof to plaintiff, his wife.…
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