Bevington v. Bevington
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Adair District Court.— Hon. James D. Gamble, Judge. Action iu equity to quiet title to land. Cross-bill by defendants asking similar relief. The district court found and confirmed a life estate only in the plaintiff, with remainder over to the defendant. The plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
Weaver, C. J.—
The plaintiff is a nephew of C. D. Bevington, now deceased, from wíio'm he claims to derive title by gift of the land in controversy. The defendants S. G. Bevington and Mamie Alexander1 are the only children and heirs at law of said 0. D. Bevington, from whom they *352claim the title by inheritance. Prior to the year 1883 C. D. Bevington, who was a man of large wealth, became the owner of a tract of one thousand, one hundred and sixty acres of land in Adair county, Iowa. He was a physician residing at Winterset, Iowa, and never made his home on any part of this land. Prior to the…
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