Hutchinson v. Olberding
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Carroll District Court. — Hon. Zala A. Church, Judge. Action in equity for the recovery of the plaintiff’s distributive share in land owned by her husband. Decree for the dfefendants. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, C. J.
The plaintiff is the widow of George E. Hutchinson, who died in 1904. Her husband became the owner of an interest in the land in question by virtue of a contract for its purchase from the Iowa Kailroad Land Company and took possession thereof. He afterward assigned his contract, and his assignee paid for the land and took title thereto in 1876. The plaintiff made no relinquishment of her statutory interest in the land, and the defendants are holders under the purchasers from the railroad company. This is the second appeal in this case; the opinion on the first appeal is reported in 186 Iowa,…
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