Booth v. Cady

The appellee Ellen McDonald Cady and Clift MacKirdy, brother and sister, as heirs at law of their deceased mother, acquired title to certain real property in the city of Des Moines. Clift MacKirdy being of unsound mind, Ellen MacDonald, who subsequently intermarried with Clark H. Cady, was appointed guardian of Clift’s property. Upon proper application to the district court of Polk county, the guardian was authorized to sell the property inherited from the mother and to invest the proceeds in the real estate involved in this action. The order directed that title be taken in the name of Ellen…