Wood v. Wood
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones District Qowrt.— Hon. J. H. Preston, Judge. Proceedings at law for the appointment of guardian over the defendant as a person of unsound mind. There was a directed verdict for the defendant, and the ’plaintiffs appeal.—
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The defendant is the mother of six living adult children, three of whom are plaintiffs herein. About six years before the' commencement of this action defendant’s husband died, leaving an estate consisting of sev*256eral tracts of farm land and about $1/800 in cash. The amount of other personalty does not appear to be stated in the record.' During the year following her husband’s decease the defendant and her children made an amicable partition of the estate; the' defendant receiving for her share in her own right one hundred and twenty-two acres of land and about $1,000 in money. The children…
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