Iowa Old Press

Davenport Daily Leader
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Oct 16, 1899

Wants to Sell
Mr. Koehnke Asks Court for Right to Dispose of His Property.
    Theodore H. Koehnke vs. Laura Koehnke is the title of a petition filed in the District Court today. The plaintiff states:
    "That said defendant, Laura Koehnke is insane and as such is confined in the Iowa hospital for the insane at Mount Pleasant and that said defendant has an inchoate right of dower in and said real estate, towit, certain property in Cook and Sargeant's first addition and in the west half of lot two in block 15 in the town of Walcott.
    "That the plaintiff is desirous of selling said real estate and has a buyer for the same at a fair value, but that the defendant is incapable of executing a deed for the same relinquishing or conveying her right to said real estate.
    "Wherefore plaintiff prays that the court appoint some person to execute a deed and relinquish the interest of the defendant in and to said real estate, in the name of said defendant, and join with the plaintiffs in his deed for said real estate to said purchaser."

Submitted by C.J.L., July 2005