Swartwood v. Chance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Ringgold District Court.— Hon. H. M. Towner, Judge. Suit in equity to set aside and cancel a deed on account of the mental incapacity of the grantor, the plaintiff’s ward. There was a judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s action, and quieting the title in the defendant. The plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
Sherwin, J.—
Prior to January 4, 1905, Roy A. Swartwood, the plaintiff’s ward, was the owner of eighty acres of land, which was then of the value of from $3,200 to $3,600. The eighty was incumbered by a mortgage of *715$2,000 on which there was $100 interest dne. About said date Swartwood traded his equity in the land to the defendant on a valuation of $4,000 for the land, or $1,900 for his equity therein, taking in exchange therefor a Norman stallion at the agreed price of $1,800 and the balance in other personal property. After the trade had been completed by the transfer of the land and…
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