Wehrman v. Conklin
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. This was a bill in equity brought by the appellees, Conklin and wife, to enjoin the plaintiff, Wehrman, from prosecuting an action of ejectment in the court below, against the appellees, to recover possession of the lands in controversy. . The bill, which was filed by T. B. Conklin and E. F. Conklin, whose Christian names are not given, but who appear from subsequent allegations to be…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. This was a bill in equity brought by the appellees, Conklin and wife, to enjoin the plaintiff, Wehrman, from prosecuting an action of ejectment in the court below, against the appellees, to recover possession of the lands in controversy. . The bill, which was filed by T. B. Conklin and E. F. Conklin, whose Christian names are not given, but who appear from subsequent allegations to be husband and wife, set forth that they were the “ absolute owners ” of the property, which had been purchased of the United…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bbown
This is a bill in equity not only to stay an action in ejectment at law, but to remove a cloud cast upon Conklin’s title to the lands in question, created by a deed from Adolph ‘Wehrman to Frederick Wehrman, appellant and defendant in the bill, and to quiet their own title thereto.
1. Defendant’s principal contention is that equity has no jurisdiction of the case, for the reason that the contest concerns the legal title only, and that plaintiffs have a plain, adequate, and complete remedy at law. It is undisputed that Carlos S. Greeley, a member of the firm of Greeley, Gale & Co., bought the…
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