Bird v. Jacobus
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Path District Court. — Hon. C. A. Bishop, Judge. •This action in equity is to establish an alleged last will, and to quiet title in plaintiff to the property therein devised, or, in the event this relief is not given, to enforce an alleged contract to make a will in plaintiff’s favor, and quiet title in plaintiff to the property, included in said contract. There was a decree in plaintiff’s favor, and the defendants other than J. W. Geneser, administrator, appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
1 Prior to April 30, 1888, plaintiff was • the owner of lots 1, 2, 7, and 8 in block 6 in Bird’s addition to the city of Des Moines, and the north 129-1,- feet of lot 9 of the official plat of the northwest southeast J, section 4, townsliop 78 north, range 24 west of fifth P. M., and also of certain moneys, bonds, and securities. Mary E. Bird was the wife of plaintiff’s son, W. K. Bird, and Louise B. Hyde is plaintiff’s daughter. W. K. Bird had failed in business, and was indebted to a number of persons, who are parties defendant in this proceeding. Both W. K. Bird and Mary E., his wife, are…
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