action, the time within which such action was stayed by statute shall not be counted; and section 2521, providing that no action shall be brought on a judgment within 15 years after its rendition, and barring an action thereon after 20 years,-limitations on an action on a judgment do not commence to run until 15 years after its rendition. Code 1897, § 3439, in effect October 1, 1897, amends Code 1873, § 2521, by providing that, in computing the period of limitation on such action, the 15 years shall be included. Held, that the amendment does not bar proceedings to enforce a judgment commenced more than 20 years after its rendition, and terminated in June, 1897.

2. Under McClain's Code, § 3731, providing that damages for wrongful death shall be disposed of as personalty of decedent, and shall not be liable for his debts, where he leaves a child, wife, or parent, money recovered for the wrongful death of a person leaving a father and mother and no wife or child immediately descends to the father and mother in equal shares, and their interest therein may, after payment of the judgment into court, be applied in payment of a judgment against them, under Code 1873. §§ 3150-3154, authorizing the court, in proceedings to enforce a judgment, to direct moneys or property in the hands of a third person to be applied in payment of the judgment.

3. An administrator, who is also an heir, is not subject to garnishment for his distributive share to satisfy a judgment against himself individually, since the only effect of the proceeding would be to give plaintiff another judgment, of no more effect than the one he already has.

4. There being no adequate legal remedy, equity will compel a judgment debtor who, as administrator of an estate, has possession of moneys belonging to himself individually, as his distributive share, to apply such moneys in payment of the judgment.

5. In equitable proceedings, under Code 1873, 88 3150-3154, to compel a judgment debtor to apply, in satisfaction of the judgment, moneys which, as administrator of the estate, he holds for himself individually, as his distributive share of such estate, decedent's unprobated will, not pleaded either in bar or in abatement, is immaterial.

6. Other heirs need not be made parties to such proceedings, their interest in the estate not being involved.

Robinson, C. J., and Waterman, J., dissenting. Appeal from district court, Pottawattamie county; Walter I. Smith, Judge.

Special proceedings to subject D. E. H. Grimmelman's interest in a certain judgment rendered in his favor, as administrator, against the Union Pacific Railway, to the payment of a judgment against said Grimmelman. The trial court granted the relief prayed, and Grimmelman appeals. Affirmed.

Harl & McCabe, for appellant. Finley Burke and A. W. Ask with, for appellee J. N. Casady. Wright & Baldwin, for appellee Margaret Hamilton. Clyde B. Aitchison, for appellees A. W. Casady and others.

DEEMER, J. The facts are not in dispute. On the 1st day of February, 1876, a co-partnership, doing business under the firm name of J. P. & J. N. Casady, recovered judgment against D. E. H. Grimmelman for something over $400, in the circuit court of Pottawattamie county. In January of the year 1895, D. E. H. Grimmelman, as administrator of the estate of W. R. Grimmelman, deceased,

recovered judgment against the Union Pacific Railway Company in the sum of $5,000, for the death of said W. R. Grimmelman. That judgment was affirmed by this court. See 101 Iowa, 74, 70 N. W. 90. Plaintiff is the surviving partner of the firm of J. P. & J. N. Casady, and, as such, instituted these proceedings, supplemental to execution, under provisions of section 3150 et seq. of the Code of 1873, to subject the interest of D. E. H. Grimmelman to the payment of the Cassady judgment. They were commenced on the 1st day of August, 1896, and the persons above named, as defendants, were made parties to the proceedings. W. R. Grimmelman was never married. He left, surviving him. D. E. H. Grimmelman, his father, and M. A. Grimmelman, his mother, who are his sole heirs at law. The money due from the railway company was deposited with the clerk of the district court, to be disposed of by order of court. The trial court subjected sufficient of the funds recovered from the railway to the payment of plaintiff's judgment, and D. E. H. Grimmelman, administrator, appeals from this order.

Appellant's first contention is that plaintiff's judgment was more than 20 years old when this action was commenced, and is therefore barred. That contention is answered by the case of Weiser v. McDowell, 93 Iowa, 772, 61 N. W. 1094. But it is said that Code, § 3439, has changed the rule announced in that case, and that plaintiff's judgment is barred. The section of the Code of 1873 (2521) which was construed in the Weiser Case has been amended so that a judgment is now barred by the statute in 20 years from its rendition. But it must be remembered that this action was determined in the lower court in June of the year 1897, and that the Code went into effect October 1, 1897. Now, while it is true that a statute of limitations relates only to the remedy, and may be changed from time to time without impairing the obligations of contracts, yet the legislature has no power to cut off the remedy or bar a suit upon an existing cause of action instanter. A reasonable time must be given within which to prosecute existing causes of action under the new statute. Maltby v. Cooper, 1 Morris (Iowa) 59; Berry v. Randall, 4 Metc. (Ky.) 292; Call v. Hagger, 8 Mass. 423; Osborn v. Jaines, 17 Wis. 573; Cooley, Const. Lim. (6th Ed.) pp. 449, 450, and cases cited. The amendment to section 2521 of the Code of 1873 does not apply to plaintiff's judgment. If the legislature so intended it, it was doing that which the constitution forbids, and its act is of no avail.

2. Next, it is insisted that D. E. H. Grimmelman had no interest in the judgment which D. E. H. Grimmelman, as administrator, recovered against the railway company; that his interest was in the estate of his deceased son; and that, as he has no interest in the judgment, this action will not lie. The

proceedings are under sections 3150-3154 of the Code of 1873, which provide for an equitable action after judgment, to subject any property, money rights, credits, or interests therein belonging to defendant to the satisfaction of the judgment. It is provided that, in such action, persons indebted to the judgment defendant, or holding any property or inoney in which such debtor has any interest, or the evidence of securities for the same, may be made by defendants, and that the court may order the surrender of the money or securities therefor, or any other property of defendant in execution which may be discovered in the action. Doubtless it is true D. E. H. Grimmelman had no property interest in the judgment recovered by him, as administrator of his deceased son's estate, against the railway company. But the statute (section 3731 of McClain's Code) provides that the damages recovered in such cases shall be disposed of as personal property belonging to the estate of the deceased, "except that if the deceased leaves a husband, wife, child or parent, it shall not be liable for the payment of debts." As the amount recovered was not subject to the debts of decedent, it descended in equal parts to the father and mother of the deceased. Now, the statute (Code 1873, § 2438) further provides that the property itself shall be distributed in kind whenever that can be done satisfactorily and equitably. And section 2437 further provides that "the distributive shares shall be paid over as fast as the [administrator] can properly do so." It follows, then, that the money, when recovered, immediately descended to the father and mother of the deceased, and that it was not subject to the payment of his debts. When this action was commenced, the money had not actually been paid to the administrator, but during the course of the trial it was deposited with the clerk. When so deposited, D. E. H. Grimmelman surely had such an interest therein that it could be reached by proper proceedings. As sustaining our conclusions, see Kelley v. Mann, 56 Iowa, 625, 10 N. W. 211, and Rhode v. Bank, 52 Iowa, 37, 3 N. W. 407, which construe a somewhat similar statute. The cases of Haynes v. Harris, 33 Iowa, 516, and Baird v. Brooks, 65 Iowa, 40, 21 N. W. 163, are not in point, as an examination will show.

being no other at law, equity will afford relief; and that relief must be by such proceedings as were adopted in the case now under consideration. The statute allowing such action is remedial in character, and should be liberally construed, so as to give full effect to the purpose in view.

Appellant read in evidence what purported to be the last will and testament of W. R. Grimmelman, filed March 23, 1897, but which was never admitted to probate. Counsel say in argument that this is a complete defense to the proceedings. It is true that the record shows that April 19, 1897, was fixed as the time for the probate of the instrument. it does not seem to have been probated, however, and no proceedings other than those mentioned have been had with reference thereto. As the will was not probated, and as appellant did not plead the making of the will, either in abatement or bar, we have no occasion to further consider the matter, as it is entirely immaterial to any issue in the case. Further, it is said that M. A. Grimmelman, mother of deceased, was a necessary party to the proceedings. We do not think so. She had no property belonging to the deceased, and was not interested in any of the funds belonging to D. E. H. Grimmelman. Nothing that might be done in this case could in any manner affect her interest in the estate of her deceased son.

We have now disposed of all the controlling questions in the case, and are of opinion that the trial court did not err in subjecting a part of the money in which D. E. H. Grimmelman had an interest, which was then in the hands of the clerk of the district court, to the payment of plaintiff's judgment. Affirmed.

ROBINSON, C. J. (dissenting). For reasons stated in the dissenting opinion filed in the case of Weiser v. McDowell, 93 Iowa, 772, 61 N. W. 1094, I do not agree with so much of the foregoing opinion as approves and follows the decision in that case.

WATERMAN, J., unites in the dissent.

BURKHARDT v. BURKHARDT. (Supreme Court of Iowa. Jan. 26, 1899.) JOINT PURCHASERS OF LAND-RIGHTS INTER SERESULTING TRUSTS-EQUITY-PETITION

AMENDMENT-GUARDIAN-COSTS.

1. Property was conveyed to the wife in consideration of the joint agreement of herself and husband to care for the grantor during life. She fulfilled her part of the agreement for about half the remainder of the grantor's life, when she became insane, and the husband completed the agreement alone. Held, that the husband was not entitled to the absolute ownership of the property.

2. Where property was conveyed to a wife, in consideration of the joint agreement of herself and husband to care for the grantor during life, and the wife became insane before the grantor's death, so that the husband was obliged to complete the agreement, a trust of the property will

3. Where a husband agreed jointly with his wife, whom he knew to be incompetent, to care for another during life, in consideration of a conveyance of land to the wife, he cannot attack the conveyance, after the grantor's death, on the ground of the wife's incompetency.

4. An amendment to a petition in equity, filed after the submission of the case, asking additional relief, is properly disregarded, where such relief cannot be given without reopening the case and hearing further testimony.

5. Where the defense to a bill can be made only through a guardian ad litem, plaintiff, on failing to establish his cause of action, was properly taxed with an allowance for the guardian's services.

Appeal from district court, Benton county; G. W. Burnham, Judge.

Action in equity to have decreed and quieted in the plaintiff the title to certain real estate. There was a hearing on the merits, the relief demanded was denied, and judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant for costs. The plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. Tom H. Milner, for appellant. J. D. & C. Nichols, for appellee.

ROBINSON, C. J. The plaintiff and the defendant are husband and wife, and were married to each other in August, 1873. They made their home in a small house built on a tract of about 34 acres of land, now within the city of Belle Plaine. The mother of the defendant, Sibilla Richart, owned the premises, and resided with the plaintiff and his family, until her death, which occurred in 1888. On the 11th day of May, 1886, Mrs. Richart executed to the defendant a warranty deed for the premises designated, and on the same day the defendant and the plaintiff, as parties of the second part, signed an agreement for the benefit of Mrs. Richart, which contained the following: "Whereas, the said Sibilla Richart * ** * has this day sold and conveyed to Sarah Ann Burkhardt certain real estate in Belle Plaine, Benton county, Iowa: Now, therefore, we, the said Sarah Ann Burkhardt and Jacob Burkhardt, her husband, do by these presents, and for and in consideration of said conveyance, hereby promise and agree to support, maintain, and take care of the said Sibilla Richart during the balance of her life; and we do hereby promise and agree to take good and proper care of the said Sibilla Richart, and provide her with a good and comfortable home, to provide her with all the clothing she may need during the balance of her life, to take good and proper care of her in case of sickness, and at her death to pay all her funeral expenses." The defendant continued to live with her husband until May, 1887, when she was taken to the hospital for the insane at Independence. She remained there several years, and was then transferred to the county infirmary of Benton county, where she has since remained. Seven children were born to the plaintiff and defendant. The plaintiff claims that he supported Mrs. Richart from the time the contract was made un

til her death, performing all the requirements on the part of himself and his wife, and thus furnishing all of the consideration for the contract; that the defendant failed to perform any of the requirements of the contract, and did not furnish any part of the consideration for it; and that, by reason of these facts, the defendant holds the legal title to the premises referred to in the contract in trust for the plaintiff. The petition further states that, since the making of the contract and delivery of the deed, the plaintiff has placed on the premises improvements "in the sum of about $2,300, and has also paid all of the taxes on the property since the deed was made," and asks that the defendant be decreed to have no title or interest in the premises excepting her dower and homestead rights therein, and that the title thereto be decreed and quieted in him.

1. The record contains a large amount of immaterial testimony, and numerous propositions of fact and of law are discussed and authorities cited which do not appear to us to be relevant to the controlling questions in the case. For example, the plaintiff has submitted evidence to show that he boarded with the parents of his wife before he married her; had helped them financially; promised the father to take care of the mother after his death; and made improvements on the premises after the, marriage, and before the deed to the defendant was delivered. No issue in regard to those matters is involved in this case. The petition alleges that the consideration for the deed was to be furnished after its delivery, and the deed, and the agreement under which it was delivered, and what was done pursuant to that agreement, must control. If it be said that the history of the parties in interest before the deed was delivered tends to corroborate the claim which the plaintiff makes that Mrs. Richart had agreed to convey the property to him, and that it was finally made to the defendant for the reason that she insisted upon having that done, and he consented to it because her mind was affected and for the purpose of benefiting her mental condition, it may be answered that his claim in that re spect is not sustained by the evidence. was done was the result of deliberation, and was what the parties in interest intended to do. We are satisfied that Mrs. Richart proposed to vest the title to the property in the defendant for the benefit of the defendant and her children, and that Mrs. Richart intended that the interest of the plaintiff should be what he would be entitled to as the hus band of the defendant and from the occupation of the premises as a homestead. The money which the plaintiff plaintiff furnished the parents, and the care he took of them, are creditable to his humanity and manhood, but cannot be given weight in determining the issues of this case.

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and that the plaintiff furnished all of it; therefore that equity demands that the plaintiff be decreed to be the owner of the property. The evidence does not sustain the claim of the plaintiff that all of the consideration was furnished by him. His wife, notwithstanding her mental infirmity, was an active, industrious woman, and capable in discharging household duties. She continued to perform those duties from the delivery of the deed until within from two to four weeks of the time when she was sent to the hospital for the insane, or during nearly one-half of the time her mother lived after the deed was delivered. The only way in which the defendant could have performed her part of the contract was by doing what she did, prior to the time she was sent to the hospital. thus appears that we have a case where, as the consideration for a conveyance of property to one of two persons, both agreed to support the grantor during her lifetime, to furnish her a home, clothing, and all necessaries, and to pay her funeral expenses, and where the person who received the title furnished but a part of her share of the consideration contemplated by the agreement. Do such facts give the person who furnished the remainder of the consideration the right to the absolute ownership of the property? The question must be answered in the negative. The deed and contract in question do not express a trust; therefore, if one exists, it must be by implication. "Implied trusts are those that arise when trusts are not directly or expressly declared in terms, but the courts, from the whole transaction and the words used, imply or infer that it was the intention of the parties to create a trust." 1 Perry, Trusts, § 112. Trusts are sometimes established for the purpose of protecting the rights of parties and defeating fraud. 10 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 2. It is said that, "in all species of resulting trusts, intention is an essential element, although that intention is never expressed by any words of direct creation." 2 Pom. Eq. Jur. § 1031. Somewhat different classifications of trusts are adopted by different authors. In 1 Perry, Trusts, § 125, five classes of resulting trusts are given, and in the first of those only can this case be claimed to fall, and that is stated as follows: "When the purchaser of an estate pays the purchase money and takes the title in the name of a third person." It is said that, when the purchaser and the grantee are strangers to each other, a trust arises from the transaction, and the grantee will be trustee for the party from whom the consideration proceeds. 1 Perry, Trusts, § 126. And where the consideration is paid by one who is under natural or moral obligation to provide for the grantee, as when the consideration is paid by a husband and the conveyance is made to his wife, the transaction is prima facie an advancement, and the burden is on him who seeks to establish a trust to overcome the presumption which must be in

dulged in such a case in favor of the legal title. Cotton v. Wood, 25 Iowa, 43; Cecil v. Beaver, 28 Iowa, 241. And where a purchase is made by two persons, and one pays all of the purchase price, but conveyance is made to both, no trust results in favor of the one who made the payment. His right would be to recover one-half of the amount paid. 1 Perry, Trusts, § 133. The character of a conveyance is fixed at the time it is made. "The trust must result, if at all, at the instant the deed is taken and the legal title vests in the grantee." Jones v. Storms, 90 Iowa, 369, 57 N. W. 892; 1 Perry, Trusts, § 133; 2 Pom. Eq. Jur. § 1037; 10 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 24. Another rule applicable to such cases as this is that a resulting trust can only be established by evidence which is clear and satisfactory. Robinson v. Robinson, 22 Iowa, 427. The evidence in this case fails to establish a trust in favor of the plaintiff. He testifies that he did not intend that by the transaction title to the property should be vested in his wife. But his testimony to that effect is not sufficient to overcome the plain provisions of the deed, and the testimony of other witnesses, which shows that it was executed according to the intention of the parties to it. The defendant furnished at least a part of the consideration for it, and, if it be true that the plaintiff may justly complain of her failure to pay more, that fact does not entitle him to the property. On his own showing, the consideration for the deed was to be furnished after it was delivered, and it was not affected by a trust when delivered. The evidence fails to show that a trust was intended by any party to the transaction. See Maxwell v. Maxwell, 109 Ill. 588. In the case of Institution v. Meech, 169 U. S. 398, 18 Sup. Ct. 396, relied upon by the appellant, the evidence showed that the conveyance there in controversy was made pursuant to an agreement by virtue of which the property was held in trust, and the case is not, therefore, in point.

2. It is contended that the defendant was insane when the deed and agreement were made, that she was not competent to contract, and for that reason the deed should be set aside. Just what benefit the setting aside of the deed would be to the defendant is not apparent, unless it be adjudged that he have the legal title. If the deed were set aside, the parties could not be restored to the conditions which existed before it was made. The grantor is dead, and the evidence fails to show an agreement that the title to the property should be vested in the plaintiff. The rights of the defendant would be prejudiced by the setting aside of the deed. The plaintiff was a party to the transaction which included the deed, and fully consented to it. He should not now be permitted to take advantage of the alleged disability of his wife, to her prejudice and his own advantage. Allen v. Berryhill, 27 Iowa, 534; Tiffany v. Tiffany, 84 Iowa, 122, 50 N. W. 554.

3. This cause was submitted in the trial court to be taken under advisement and determined as of the last day of the term, which was November 28, 1896. Afterwards, on the 19th day of December, 1896, but before the finding of the court was announced, the plaintiff filed an amendment to his petition, in which he alleged that he had occupied the premises for more than five years next before the commencement of the suit, and made improvements and paid taxes thereon and insurance, and asking that, if he was found not to be the owner of the premises, an accounting be had or ordered. A motion to strike the amendment from the files was made by the defendant, but no ruling thereon is shown excepting in the final judgment of the court dismissing the petition and amendment. Relief on account of the amendment was not granted. We do not find that the court erred in refusing to grant relief which it asked. The case was not tried on the issue presented by the amendment, the evidence given was not sufficient to authorize the court to make an accounting, and the relief asked could not have been given without setting aside the submission and opening the case for further proceedings; hence, had the amendment been authorized if made in due time, it was properly disregarded because made too late to require consideration as a matter of right. But see Buck v. Holt, 74 Iowa, 294, 37 N. W. 377; Fogg v. Holcomb, 64 Iowa, 621, 21 N. W. 111; Walton v. Gray, 29 Iowa, 440.

4. The defense of the defendant was made by a guardian ad litem, and the sum of $150 was allowed by the court for his services. No objection is made to the amount, but it is insisted that no sum should have been allowed for that purpose to be paid by the plaintiff.

The commencement of this action, and the mental condition of the defendant, made the appointment of a guardian ad litem necessary, and the proper compensation for his services should be paid by the plaintiff. Since no objection is made to the amount taxed, the action of the district court in taxing it should not be disturbed. The judgment rendered appears to be correct, and it is affirmed.

FAULKNER v. GILBERT. (Supreme Court of Nebraska. Jan. 19, 1899.)

CONTRACT-CONSIDERATION-GUARANTY.

1. The consideration of a contract need not move to the promisor. A disadvantage to the promisee is sufficient, although the promisor derives no benefit therefrom.

2. The extension of time to a principal debtor is a sufficient consideration to support a guaranty by a stranger of the payment of the new obligation.

(Syllabus by the Court.)

Error to district court, Cass county; Chap man, Judge.

Action by Francis C. Faulkner, assignee of the Connecticut River Savings Bank, against

IRVINE, C. This was an action by Faulkner, as assignee of the Connecticut River Savings Bank, against Gilbert, on a contract whereby it was alleged that Gilbert had guarantied the payment of a promissory note made by one Parkins and his wife to Benjamin A. Gibson, and which had become the property of the Connecticut River Bank. Of the several matters pleaded in defense, the only one submitted to the jury was want of consideration for the contract of guaranty. There was a verdict and a judgment for defendant. The theory of the plaintiff was that Parkins and Gilbert were indebted to Gibson on a note or notes past due; that Parkins and wife executed their note, due in five years, and a mortgage to secure the same; and that Gilbert guarantied the note, in consideration of Gibson's accepting it, extending the debt, and releasing the old notes. The theory of the defendant was that Gibson had agreed that, if Gilbert would induce Parkins and wife to make the new note and the mortgage securing it, Gibson would release Gilbert from further liability; that Gilbert had done as required; and that, after Gibson had accepted the new note and mortgage, Gilbert was induced, without further consideration, to sign the contract of guaranty. The court instructed the jury that, if it should find that a consideration passed between Gilbert and the payee of the note, it should find for the plaintiff. Further, "that, if the guaranty was executed for the purpose of extending an indebtedness due from defendant to plaintiff," the consideration would be sufficient. Again, that, "before the plaintiff can recover in this case, you must find from the evidence that the defendant received a consideration for his guaranty." These instructions were erroneous, as applied to the facts of the case, because each required, in order that a consideration should be found to exist, that such consideration should move to the defendant. That is not necessary. A disadvantage to the promisee constitutes a consideration, although no advantage accrued to the promisor. The extension of a debt to the principal debtor is a sufficient consideration to support a contract of suretyship as to the new debt. Smith v. Spaulding, 40 Neb. 339, 58 N. W. 952. Under the pleadings and the evidence in this case, the jury might have found that there had been an agreement to release Gilbert from the old debt if he would procure the execution of the new note and the mortgage, and that he nevertheless guarantied the payment of the new note concur rently with its delivery and to procure its acceptance. If so, there was a consideration; but the instructions given told the