Finch v. Garrett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District,Court- — Hon. T. F. Stevenson, Judge. Suit in equity to partition certain real estate of which one Newton Lamb died seized. Some of the defendants pleaded advances made by their ancestor to the plaintiffs and the other defendants, and they asked that these advancements be taken into account in making the partition. The lower court found that certain advances had been made, and passed a decree accordingly. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1 Newton Lamb died intestate on the twenty-first day of April, 1892, seized of the property in controversy. This suit is brought to partition the real estate among the children and heirs at law of the deceased and their grantees. Harriett Garrett and Florence Maride, daughters, and Orrin Lamb, a son, claim that the other children each received twenty acres of land, without consideration, from their father during his lifetime; that the land so received by each of them would now be worth, if in the condition when given, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars; and that the same should be…
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