75 Iowa 64 | Iowa | 1888
— During the fall of the year 1875 the defendant Frank Singmaster purchased the farm in controversy, and at once made it his home. His first wife died the next spring, and he left the farm. In the spring of 1877 he conveyed it to his three minor children, of whom plaintiff was one. No consideration was paid for this conveyance, and it seems to have been made for the purpose of placing the farm beyond the reach of creditors. In December, 1877, Singmaster married his second wife, the defendant Lizzie. In the spring of 1878 he returned to the farm, and has resided upon and farmed it continuously since; making repairs and improvements, and paying taxes at his own expense, and treating the farm in all respects as his own: After her father’s second marriage, the plaintiff made her home with him nearly all the time until the spring of 1881, when she went to her grandparents, a few miles away, and remained with them until October, 1882. She then returned to her father’s house, and there made her home until January, 1884, when she left it, and has not since returned. While living with her father the last time, and four days after she attained her majority, to-wit, on the seventeenth day of April, 1883, she executed the deed in controversy, conveying to her father her interest in the farm. Since January, 1884, she has made her home' a large part if not all the time with her grandparents. March 12, 1885, she was married, and two weeks later she filed her petition in this case.
Modified and Affirmed.