Legal Opinion

McGuire v. Halloran

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 17, 1920Published

Appeal from Lyon District Court. — William Hutchinson, Judge. Accounting in pursuance of an order therefor in McGuire v. Halloran, 182 Iowa 209, resulted in a decree fixing the amount owed by the plaintiff to defendants, March 1, 1919, at $8,500, including the interest on a first mortgage of $2,500, up to September 11, 1918, and directing the payment thereof prior to February 1, 1919, without interest, and, if not paid, directing special execution to be issued against the…

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Appeal from Lyon District Court. — William Hutchinson, Judge. Accounting in pursuance of an order therefor in McGuire v. Halloran, 182 Iowa 209, resulted in a decree fixing the amount owed by the plaintiff to defendants, March 1, 1919, at $8,500, including the interest on a first mortgage of $2,500, up to September 11, 1918, and directing the payment thereof prior to February 1, 1919, without interest, and, if not paid, directing special execution to be issued against the land. It was also ordered that the defendants support and maintain Maggie Cotter until March 1, 1919. Both parties appeal,…

1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.

I. One Roger Cotter died testate, April 26, 1900, seized of 184.89 acres of land in the S% of Section 6, in Township 39 north, Range 44 west, in Lyon County. Decedent was survived by a son and four daughters, two of whom were plaintiff and the defendant Kate Halloran, and, of the other two, Maggie was feeble-minded, and Mary was in ill health. By the terms of the will, the land above described was devised to plaintiff, but charged with the support and maintenance of Maggie and Mary Cotter so long as either of them might live, and this to be upon the farm; and “such support to be as in my…

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  1. Massachusetts Central Railroad v. Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  2. Mayor of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
  3. Bennett v. SweetMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
  4. Sylvester v. AmmonsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  5. United States v. TappanSupreme Court of the United States · 1826

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