Taggart v. Burgin
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clay District Court. — D. F. Coyle, Judge. Defendant appeals from a decree in the court below canceling and setting aside certain real estate conveyances.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
l. deeds : validity: ity: evidence. On April 16, 1908, L. C. Burgin, by separate instruments conveyed certain real estate in Clay County, Iowa, and certain other real estate situated in Hutchinson County, South Dakota, to Ella M. Bur-gin, his wife. The consideration recited in each of said deeds- is love and affection. Plaintiffs are the daughters of the parties to the above-mentioned instruments, and the sole heirs at law of the grantor. They allege in their petition that the grantor, at the time of the execution of said deeds, was of unsound mind, and incompetent to transact business. This…
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