Brown v. Pearson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District Gou/rt. Plaintiff alleges that in 1865 Edward Evans departed this life seized in fee simple of certain real estate described. That he was never married, and his only legal heirs were a brother and three sisters, to-wit: Mary Brown, the plaintiff, Moses Evans, Anna Woods, and Jane Pearson, the defendant.
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Appeal from Monroe District Gou/rt. Plaintiff alleges that in 1865 Edward Evans departed this life seized in fee simple of certain real estate described. That he was never married, and his only legal heirs were a brother and three sisters, to-wit: Mary Brown, the plaintiff, Moses Evans, Anna Woods, and Jane Pearson, the defendant. That Jane Pearson claims that upon the death of Edward Evans she became the sole owner of said land, and that she has sold portions of it to the other defendants. Plaintiff asks that her right be confirmed to an undivided one-fourth interest in said land. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Day, J. —
This case involves a construction of Sections 2488-2493 of the Revision of 1860. These sections first came before this court for construction in Krogan v. Kinney, 15 Iowa, 242, and it was there held that they do not confer upon aliens, nonresident of the United States, the capacity to inherit real estate. The same question again came before this court in Rheim v. Rollins, 20 Iowa, 45, in which, after a careful review of the various provisions of the statute, the same conclusion was reached, and the case of Krogan v. Kinney, supra, was approved.
In Purczell v. Smidt, 21 Iowa, 540, the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Purczell v. SmidtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
- Rheim v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- Krogan v. KinneySupreme Court of Iowa · 1863
- Greenheld v. StanforthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
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