Beedle v. Cowley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District Court. — Hon. E. L. Burton, Judge. This is a controversy involving the title and ownership of forty acres of land in Monroe county. The action is in equity, and it was referred to a referee to try and determine. The referee awarded the land to the plaintiff. The report of the referee was approved by the court, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
It appears from the evidence that W. V. Beedle, the husband of the plaintiff, was the owner of about three hundred acres of land. Prior to the year 1882 he became largely indebted to Richard Butcher, and the indebtedness was reduced to judgment. An execution was issued, and all of said land was sold on said execution, except forty acres, which was duly set off to the said Beedle as a homestead. This is the land in controversy in this suit. It was not subject to the judgment lien, because it had been the homestead of the plaintiff and her husband for many years. There was a brick…
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