State v. Nichols

Plaintiff pleaded and argues that it is the owner of the property involved herein because it is a part of the bed of a lake which was a navigable body of water when Iowa was admitted as a State, tbe title to which bed passed to it upon its admission, by virtue of its sovereignty. In its petition plaintiff also alleged that it has title to the property under a decree of January 15, 1934, quieting title in it, a copy of which decree it introduced in evidence. It also alleged in its petition that claim of title by defendant, Nichols, under a decree of July 19, 1946, quieting title in him against…