Norton v. Norton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones District Court. — Hon. James D. Gteeen, Judge. This is an action in chancery, by which the plaintiff seeks to set aside certain conveyances of real estate made to the defendants, who are his children. There was a trial in the district court upon the merits, and a decree for the plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrook, J.
The plaintiff is about seventy-six and his wife seventy-four years of age. They married in their youth, and acquired a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and forty acres of timber land, some distance from the farm. The land was entered by the plaintiff and purchased from the government. They raised a large family of sons and daughters. About the year 1882, the plaintiff was stricken with paralysis, and since that time he has been unable to perform any labor, and requires constant attention. Ilis wife is very feeble, and at times subject to sickness, and requires nursing and care. All of the…
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