Holliday v. Arthur

Hays, J.-

This appeal presents a controversy between á vendor and a vendee of real estate, as to whether or not the abstract of title shows a merchantable title to be in the vendor. The bone of contention centers about a guardian’s deed by which the vendor takes title.

In 1942, Y. B. Marsh, guardian of the property of Joyce Vivian Marsh, a minor under fourteen years of age and a resident of California, applied to the District Court of Lee County, Iowa, for authority to sell his ward’s interest in the real estate in question, and asked that the court prescribe the manner of service of notice of…