Manatt v. Griffith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Washington District Court. — IIon. W. G. Clements, Judge. Action to quiet plaintiff’s title to a one-third undivided interest in certain real property conveyed by bis wife, Mary J. Manatt, during her lifetime to defendant Griffith, as trustee for other defendants.
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Appeal from Washington District Court. — IIon. W. G. Clements, Judge. Action to quiet plaintiff’s title to a one-third undivided interest in certain real property conveyed by bis wife, Mary J. Manatt, during her lifetime to defendant Griffith, as trustee for other defendants. The defendants joined in an answer, putting in issue plaintiff’s alleged right, title and interest in the property described, and the defendant Griffith, as trustee, in a cross-petition asked that the title to said real property be quieted in him as against any claim of plaintiff. The court denied relief to plaintiff,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
In 1905 this plaintiff and his wife, who had for some years been living apart, entered into an arrangement for a division of property between them, in pursuance of which a joint deed, blank as to consideration and grantee, describing the land to which this controversy relates, was put into the possession of the wife, and similar joint deeds, ulso blank as to consideration and grantee, describing other parcels of real property, were put into the possession of the plaintiff, the intention of the plaintiff and his wife being to thus enable each party to transfer *709the parcels of land described in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Dunlap v. ThomasSupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Miller v. MillerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- Meylink v. RheaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Sawyer v. BiggartSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- Baldwin v. HillSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Browning v. KannowSupreme Court of Iowa · 1926
- Young v. Young-WishardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1939
- In Re Manatt TrustSupreme Court of Iowa · 1931
- Callan v. Western Investment & Holding Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1937
- Martin v. Farmers Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1917