55 Iowa 233 | Iowa | 1880
The evidence shows that the defendant owned a farm in Winneshiek county; that he lived upon it - for fifteen years prior to the spring of 1877, when he leased it and moved to Cresco. About that time he pui-chased the two lots in question in Cresco, and built a dwelling-house thereon. In September, 1877, he moved with his family into the house, and has continued to reside there since that time. Whether the farm in Yfinnesliiek county lost its homestead character would depend upon whether the defendant left it with the intention of abandoning it as a home, or whether his removal to Cresco was a mere temporary shift. The direct evidence upon the point is that of the defendant, who testified that he bought the Cresco property for the purpose of a home. There is some evidence showing that after he commenced occupying the Cresco propert}*- he talked occasionally .of going back to his farm. This could only be material in showing, if it could be deemed to have even that effect, that he never i*eally abandoned the farm as liis home, for if he once abandoned it the formation of an intention to return, but not. acted upon,
The plaintiff claims that the defendant took possession of the real estate which was to be conveyed to him, and has enjoyed the profits, for which, if the trade is not to be carried out, he ought to be allowed. The defendant pleads a set-off. We have not gone into any inquiry upon this point. The defendant insists that we cannot properly do so, because the evidence is not all before us. The abstract does not purport to contain all the evidence, and we must presume that the ruling of the court was correct.
Affirmed.