Fallon v. Chidester
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Gass District Oourt. Action in chancery to quiet the title of certain lands in plaintiff'. Upon a trial on the merits, a decree was entered quieting the title of the undivided one-lialf of said lands in plaintiff, and the title of the remaining interest in defendant. From this decree defendant appeals. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The plaintiff claims title to the lands in controversy as sole heir of Stephen Thompson Carey. The defendant claims title to one undivided one-half of the lands under a deed executed by plaintiff’s ancestor, and to the other undivided one-half under a deed executed by Martha E. Eubank, alleged to be the devisee of the land under the will of Carey. *589By the decree of the court below the title of one undivided one-half of the land was declared to be vested in defendant, being the interest claimed by him under the deed executed by Carey in his life time. Of this provision of the decree no…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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