Bagnall v. Iowa-Des Moines National Bank & Trust Co.

Tbe primary question for determination on this appeal is whether tbe property of tbe mentally incompetent divorced husband, in tbe possession of his guardian, which bas been acquired witb benefit payments of tbe kind noted above, is exempt, under either tbe statutes of tbe United States or the statutes of Iowa, from the enforced payment of tbe judgment of tbe plaintiff wife for alimony.

This question bas never before been presented to this court.

The facts are not in dispute. Daniel L. Bagnall served in the armed forces of the United States in 1918 and 1919. The plaintiff and he were married on…