Baker v. Clowser
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. In an action for partition of certain real property between the widow and heirs of W. S. Baker, deceased, who was alleged to have died seised of such property, the court was asked to decree that defendants Leander W. Calhoon and his wife, Polly Calhoon, had no interest in said property.
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Appeal from Page District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. In an action for partition of certain real property between the widow and heirs of W. S. Baker, deceased, who was alleged to have died seised of such property, the court was asked to decree that defendants Leander W. Calhoon and his wife, Polly Calhoon, had no interest in said property. By way of resistance to the relief thus asked, Leander W. Calhoon alleged that as the father of one Hattie Calhoon, deceased, who.died seised of an interest in the property as coheir by adoption with W. S. Baker of David P. Baker, father of said W.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.
As between the plaintiff who is the widow of W. S. Baker, and the defendants (other than Leander W. Calhoon and his wife), who are alleged to have interests in the property in controversy as the heirs of W. S. Baker, no issue is presented on this record. The sole question for determination is whether Leander W. Calhoon has an interest therein, growing oiit of facts which will now be stated only so far as they are necessary to show what the issue decided by the trial court really was.
In 1885, David P. Baker died seised of the land in controversy. Prior to his death, he adopted as his child, by…
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