Bowers v. Keesecker
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. In Equity. Complainants are tbe beirs of George Lamb Bowers, wbo departed tbis life in' December, 1838. The object of the bill is to set aside certain deeds made by one Snow, as administrator of the decedent’s estate, to the respondents and those under whom they claim, to have said respondents declared trustees holding the lots therein described, in trust for complainants, &c.
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Appeal from Dubuque District Court. In Equity. Complainants are tbe beirs of George Lamb Bowers, wbo departed tbis life in' December, 1838. The object of the bill is to set aside certain deeds made by one Snow, as administrator of the decedent’s estate, to the respondents and those under whom they claim, to have said respondents declared trustees holding the lots therein described, in trust for complainants, &c. The cause was heard before a Master on bill, answer, replication, exhibits and depositions, who made his report sustaining the bill. Respondents excepted to this report. These…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
This controversy relates to certain lots in the city of Dubuque. The bill was once held to be multifarious by the District Court, which ruling was reversed by us and the cause remanded. (9 Iowa, 422.) The case is now before us upon its merits.
By the act of Congress, approved July 2, 1836 (Revision, 962), it was provided that the tract of land including *303the town of Dubuque, should, under the direction of the Surveyor General, be laid off into town lots, &c. When the survey was completed, a plat was to be returned to the Secretary of the Treasury, and within six months thereafter the lots were-…
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