78 Iowa 691 | Iowa | 1889
Plaintiff was married to defendant on°the third day of February, 1857, and lived with him as his wife until the spring of 1886, when she left him. At the time of their marriage, defendant owned a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Howard county, a small amount of personal property, and some money. Plaintiff also had about one hundred and twenty-five-dollars in money. They at once moved onto the farm, and continued to reside thereon most of the time, and make it their home, until plaintiff left defendant as aforesaid. Both were economical and industrious, and they succeeded in accumulating considerable property, the title to the most of which was taken in the name of the husband. Six children were born to them, all of whom have reached their majority. A few years after their marriage, the defendant caused to be conveyed to plaintiff forty acres of his farm, to-wit, the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 29, township 99,