134 Iowa 131 | Iowa | 1907
The case involves nothing but a question of fact; the rules of law applicable thereto being well settled and equally well understood. Plaintiff filed a claim against the estate of J. W. Leonard, deceased, in which he alleged that said Leonard, in consideration of the transfer of a certain tract of land to him by one Matthew Leonard, also deceased, agreed to pay plaintiff when he should arrive at the age of forty years the sum of $400; and that this agreement was in writing signed by said James W. Leonard. This claim was denied by operation of law. There was, perhaps, enough testimony to show that James-W. Leonard at one time received a deed from Matthew Leonard for certain lands, and that, as part of the consideration therefor, he
The judgment of the district court seems to be correct, and it is affirmed.