Conway v. Rock
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Iowa District Court.— HoN. R. P. Howell, Judge. ON December 3, 1903, Hanora Murphy signed a deed conveying twenty-five acres of her eighty-five-acre farm to Hanora Conway, and another deed conveying the remaining sixty acres to Johanna Rock, Bridget Duffy, and W. M. Slater. The grantees were her daughters, except Slater, who was a grandson.
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Appeal from Iowa District Court.— HoN. R. P. Howell, Judge. ON December 3, 1903, Hanora Murphy signed a deed conveying twenty-five acres of her eighty-five-acre farm to Hanora Conway, and another deed conveying the remaining sixty acres to Johanna Rock, Bridget Duffy, and W. M. Slater. The grantees were her daughters, except Slater, who was a grandson. These deeds were destroyed in February, 1904, and on the 11th day of August, 1905, Hanora Conway filed in court an application for the appointment of a guardian of her mother, and the temporary appointment was made five days later. On October…
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, C. J.—
1. Deeds: delivery * subsequent destruction. by grantor. The deed of twenty-five acres by Hanora Murphy to Hanora Oonway as grantee, and that of the remaining sixty acres of her farm to H. W. Slater, Bridget Duffy, and Johanna Bock were signed and , acknowledged December 3, 1903, and, if de- • ° 7 , . livered, passed title to each tract immediately, regardless of whether the conveyances subsequently were destroyed. That the grantor obtained possession of them: in February following and destroyed them can make no difference, for this is not shown to have been with the consent or…
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