Crane v. Crane
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Court. Action m equity by the plaintiff to establish his right to inherit, as illegitimate son and heir at law, the estate of Sylvanus B. .Crane, Sr., deceased. The- defendants are the administrators, the wddow and the brothers of said Crane, Sr., deceased.
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Appeal from Muscatine District Court. Action m equity by the plaintiff to establish his right to inherit, as illegitimate son and heir at law, the estate of Sylvanus B. .Crane, Sr., deceased. The- defendants are the administrators, the wddow and the brothers of said Crane, Sr., deceased. Upon the trial, which was by the first method, the district court found the following facts: 1. That the plaintiff was born out-of wedlock, on the 22d day of February, 1845, at the town of Eugene, in the county of Yermillion, in the State of Indiana. 2. That Sylvanus B. Crane, Sr., deceased, and Philena…
1Opinion of the Court
- Cole, J.
— This is an action in equity and was tried by the first method, and although the facts were found by the court, yet the cause is to be tried here de novo upon the evidence. There is, however, no controversy here as to the correctness of the finding of facts by the district court, except it 'may be as to the omission to specifically find the *299fact of recognition in writing. The chief controversy is upon the legal conclusions found by the district court. It may contribute to a clearer apprehension of the questions involved for us to state a little more in detail the facts of the case.
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