White v. Poorman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Warren District Court. Suit in equity to obtain a retrial of an action for the recovery of real property. The facts are unusually numerous and are exceedingly complicated.
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Appeal from Warren District Court. Suit in equity to obtain a retrial of an action for the recovery of real property. The facts are unusually numerous and are exceedingly complicated. The plaintiff, S. Y. White, brought this action against Daniel A. Poorman, Davis Meek, Joseph Meek and William Meek to obtain a retrial of an action for the recovery of real property brought by Daniel A. Poorman against Davis, Joseph and William Meek, and in which action Poorman had recovered judgment for possession. White was the grantor of the defendants, Meeks. Prior to November, 1857, the real estate in…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
j. new teiai, : where it has been granted, The plaintiff, White, does not appeal from the judgment of the District Court denying the relief asked by him. The only order appealed irom is that granting a new trial m the action by Poorman against Davis, Joseph and William Meek, *114for the recovery of real property. We have already several times held, that a stronger case should be made to justify the interposition of the Supreme Court where a new trial has been granted by the District Court than where it has been refused. Ruble v. McDonald, 7 Iowa, 90; Newell v. Sanford, 10 id. 396; Alger v.…
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