Roberts v. Morse
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dallas District Court. — Lorin N. Hays, Judge. Action by an administrator to recover from tbe defendants the possession of a certain promissory note and certain liberty bonds owned in his lifetime by the decedent. The defendants answered with a general denial and an affirmative defense to the effect that the decedent had made a gift of the property to the defendant F. B. Morse. There was a verdict for the plaintiff and judgment thereon. The defendants appeal. —
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, C. J.
— The defendants are husband and wife. F. E. Morse was the daughter of the decedent, John Bringham, who died in September, 1918. The promissory note involved in the*- controversy was for $3,000, and was executed by the defendants to Bringham as payee, for an admitted indebtedness, in October, 1914. The gift of said note, if made, was so made about a week after the execution thereof. The liberty bonds amounted ta $1,500, and were acquired about one year before the death of Bringham. The gift to Mrs. Morse, if made, was so made about December 1, 1917. The contention for her is that she had been…
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