McClenahan v. Stevenson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Buchanan District Court. — Hon. A. B. Blair, Judge. Suit in equity to quiet title to certain lots and lands in Buchanan county. Plaintiffs claim title as executors of the estate of David Stevenson, Jr., deceased.
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Appeal from Buchanan District Court. — Hon. A. B. Blair, Judge. Suit in equity to quiet title to certain lots and lands in Buchanan county. Plaintiffs claim title as executors of the estate of David Stevenson, Jr., deceased. Defendants, who are the wid®w and heirs' at law of Daniel Stevenson, also deceased, claim that he (Daniel) was the real and beneficial owner of the property at the time of his death in the year 1868; that David held the legal title in trust for the heirs of Daniel, under an oral agreement to reconvey to said widow and heirs; that Daniel purchased the same with his own…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
— The records show a.complete chain of title from the patent down through mesne conveyances, including transfers from Daniel M. Stevenson to David Stevenson, in plaintiffs, as executors of the last will and testament of David Stevenson, Jr., deceased, who died in the city of New York in the year 1892; and they should have a decree quieting title to all said property, unless it be for some of the defenses pleaded by defendants in their answer and cross-bill. The burden is on the defendants to establish one or more of these defenses, and as to some of them the evidence must be clear,…
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